tweener
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- noun
- /ˈtwiːnər/
- Jargon
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- As a tweener, she was versatile enough to adapt her gameplay depending on whether she was matched up against a guard or a forward.
Examples
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Let us see if you had ball skills what you would do when you coach a team of inexperienced 'tweeners.
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Green will always be a tweener, and as such, he has to concede something to both forward types.
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Regardless, he's a project due to his tweener size and speed.
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He could probably continue to go back to his fill-in/tweener role as the fighter who comes off the bench when the UFC needs someone with a name to fill a slot.
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At 6'6", he's considered a tweener since he possesses skills and size that fit both guard and forward positions.
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Many scouts label him a tweener due to his unique ability to play effectively on both the inside and outside.
Synonyms
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A person who plays basketball for a team, often professionally
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A person who plays basketball professionally or at a high level
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A person who plays basketball, usually as a professional or skilled player
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A person who plays basketball
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A person who plays basketball
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A person who plays basketball, especially in the early days of the sport
Antonyms
How Forward
Surface Forms
Morphology
tweener = (semi-transparent) = tween + er
While the connection to 'between' is clear, the specific meaning related to a basketball player's role is not a standard derivation. [Postprocessing: moved 'between' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Tweener comes from the idea of being between (often short as tween) plus the ending -er to mean a person in the middle. So a tweener in basketball is a player 'between' a guard and a forward and can play both roles.