fwd
- noun
- Jargon
- She played as a fwd on the hockey team and scored several important goals this season.
Examples
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In soccer, a powerful fwd can change the outcome of the game with a single goal.
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I see somebody else look like a small forward got a small forward inside there, right there.
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I see somebody else look like a small forward got a small forward inside there, right there.
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You have to look at imagine an NBA power forward that is super slick and moving around like Ali, right?
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But right now as it stands though, Ragnik is looking for young forwards because obviously Kobani's contract will be done this summer.
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Caution: possible double top, P/E is 92 trailing 54 fwd.
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But this is defenders, midfielders and forwards, which justifies why I'm about to put another left back on the table just before the comments start going.
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Matt Buchanan, BuzzFeed FWD: "The irony here is that Microsoft, a software company, has mostly nailed the hardware but fallen down when it comes to the software."
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The coach decided to start the new fwd in the next match because he is very fast.
Synonyms
A player in sports like soccer or basketball who tries to score
A player who stays near the side of the field in sports like football and attacks to score or pass
A player whose main job is to score goals in football, also called soccer
A player who mainly tries to score goals in sports like lacrosse
How Attacking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fwd is short for forward, which literally means 'toward the front'. In team sports a forward is the player who moves toward the opponent's goal to attack, so a fwd is an attacking player.