back
- noun
- /bæk/
- Linebackers, for example, accounted for 15.1% of the population while defensive backs represented only 1.7%.
- defensive back
- running back
- cornerback
We've got a right back in Tripier playing left back.
- We've got a right back in Tripier playing left back.
- He's he's kept us in loads of games left back, sure, if he's fit.
- The professional football, England starting left back when he's fit, which is not often.
- If you are going to be a tank that sits in the back, what are you doing?
Examples
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The professional football, England starting left back when he's fit, which is not often.
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Half back passes to the center, back to the wing, back to the center.
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So the right back and the DM.
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Good thing Jack was in the back, keeping the guitars from getting smashed.
Fiction book (1990) -
A deafening CRUNCH as a defensive back hammers a wide receiver, nearly decapitating him.
Fiction book (1991) -
The coach praised his tight back for making a crucial tackle in the last game.
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During practice, the back made an impressive interception during a passing drill.
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The team's back demonstrated excellent footwork, helping to block the opposing team's offense.
Synonyms
A defensive player in American football who stands behind the line to stop running plays and defend passes
A defensive player in American or Canadian football who covers players trying to catch passes
A player on the side of the team who helps attack or defend
In football, a player who stands behind the defenders to stop attacks and start new plays
Idioms
- Informal
A time in the past people remember with warm feelings, often when they were young
Know a place or thing very well because you have seen it many times
- Informal
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
- Informal
To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid
- Informal
To start doing your normal work and activities after a break
- Informal
In a situation with very few choices where you must try hard to survive or win
A style that looks formal at the front and casual at the back
- Informal
So generous that they would give almost everything to help others
Try to make things the way they were after they changed
- Informal
To notice things happening behind you without turning around
- Archaic
A future problem someone creates for themselves that causes trouble later
Treat someone in the same bad way they treated you
Compounds
- Jargon
A player in American football who runs with the ball to gain yards for the team
A promise from a seller to give back the full price if you are not satisfied
- Specialized
The part of a program that runs on a server and stores and processes data
- Specialized
A device you wear around your back to support it and help you sit or stand straight
- Specialized
A piece of code given to another function to run later when an action finishes
- Jargon
An official in American football who stands deep behind defenders to watch the play and enforce rules
- Specialized
Sections at the end of a book that give extra information like appendices and an index
- Specialized
A strong flow of hot gas pushed back from a fired weapon that can injure people behind it
- Specialized
A direction directly opposite the one you found that you use to check your position
- Specialized
A gymnastics move where a person lies on their back, arches their back and brings their feet to their head
- UK
A less-used hallway at the back of a building that people use for private or service access
- Specialized
A martial arts position with the back leg bent and the front leg straight for balance and quick movement
- Specialized
A vowel you make with the tongue near the back of the mouth, like the 'o' in pole
How Defensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Back comes from the old English word bæc meaning 'rear', and in sports a back is a player who usually plays near the 'rear' of the team to defend or support others.