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noun
Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: field sports
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noun
A player who occupies one of these positions.
An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: field sports
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A player who occupies one of these positions.
A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canadian
Qualifier: field sports
Topics: ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A player who occupies one of these positions.
A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: field sports; field hockey; field hockey
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noun
A player who occupies one of these positions.
One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: field sports; Australian rules football; Australian rules football
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noun
A player who occupies one of these positions.
The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: field sports
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
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noun
A person from the northern United States who moves to Florida, but then due to the heat or other issues, moves again to a more temperate climate, primarily the Carolinas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To play in the position of halfback.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
(American football) the position of a back on a football team
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: back
noun
(football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: running back
History
From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback. In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"
