halfback
Pronunciation: /ˈhæfˌbæk/
The English word “halfback” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
- 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.
- A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
- A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
- One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
- The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
- 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.
verb
Etymology
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"
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