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gridder

gridder

9.2
A player who plays American football
  • noun
  • /ˈɡrɪdər/
  • Slang
translation icon : jugador de fútbol americano
  • After the game, the star gridder was interviewed by several reporters.

Examples

  • Many young athletes dream of becoming a professional gridder one day.

  • The gridder scored a touchdown last night.

  • The college gridder trained hard for the upcoming season.

  • Many gridders train hard for the upcoming season.

  • The talented gridder scored the winning touchdown in the championship game.

  • Every Saturday, our team practices at the field, where each gridder shows their skills.

  • During the game, the gridder made an impressive catch that thrilled the crowd.

Synonyms

football player
vsgridder
127 1.0

A person who plays football for a team

is a slang term for a player on the American version of that sport
footballer
vsgridder
  • UK
10 1.0

A person who plays football, often as a paid professional

is a slang term used for players in the American version of that sport

Surface Forms

gridder singular
gridders plural

Morphology

gridder = grid (opaque) = grid + er

Once the slang noun 'grid' meaning 'gridiron' is known, the suffix '-er' can denote a person associated with that sport, though this is not fully obvious for learners.

Etymology

Gridder as slang comes from gridiron ('a metal grate') because people said the old football field looked like a grid of lines, so a gridder is a player on that field, a football player.