tight end
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6.3
- noun
- /taɪt ɛnd/
- Jargon
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- Manning threw a touchdown pass to tight end Joel Dreessen to finish off an impressive game-opening drive.
- play tight end
- pass to tight end
- receivers and tight ends
And let me tell you, those wide receivers or tight ends were gone the next week.
- And let me tell you, those wide receivers or tight ends were gone the next week.
- We're driving, I'm holding, holding, holding force a ball on a double move to our tight end going in.
- What was your nerves like though, going out there knowing that you a quarterback, a great quarterback, playing tight end now?
- But I, when I made that transition to tight end and, and the, the focus that I had at that point in my life to try and do things the right way.
- If you're a tight end, which you are, and your quarterback, you say yo bro, take this money because you're going to be bitter about the contract.
- No, I they don't pull them tight ends or anything.
Examples
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Abby watched as Kade's best friend, T.J., the team's tight end, jumped for the ball.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think you have two fantastic tight ends and Walker and Smith, I think they're both unreal.
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On seeing two of his tight ends leave with injuries one after the other ...
Blog text (3) -
The key here on the play side is the blocks from the tight end and left tackle.
Blog text (7) -
We've got a number of good tight ends that we rely on.
Blog text (7) -
I was a tight end for the Oilers; my knee gimped out.
Fiction book (1992) -
"What he's done is unbelievable," tight end Chris Cooley said.
Blog text (4) -
Griffin eluded two defenders and found tight end Logan Paulsen.
Blog text (4) -
Redshirt freshman tight end Henry Kreiger-Coble had a 16-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter.
Blog text (5) -
I was a tight end with the Philadelphia Eagles during my playing days.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Knowing 'tight' (closely fitted/close) and 'end' (a football position) lets a B1 learner infer a positional sense — an 'end' who lines up close — so the spatial/positional core is derivable. However, the specific hybrid role (both blocker and receiver) and tactical nuance are sport-specific and not fully predictable from the constituents, so the expression is only partially transparent to learners without football knowledge.
Etymology
Tight end comes from how the player stands on the field: the end of the line who stands tight next to the other players instead of far out wide. Because he is so close, he both blocks and catches passes, so today tight end means a player who does both 'blocking' and 'receiving'.