Definition of Fullback

1. Noun. (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team.

Category relationships: Football, Football Game
Generic synonyms: Running Back

2. Verb. Play the fullback.
Category relationships: Football, Football Game
Generic synonyms: Play

3. Noun. (American football) the position of a back on a football team.
Generic synonyms: Back
Group relationships: Eleven, Football Team

Definition of Fullback

1. Noun. (American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays. ¹

2. Noun. (field hockey) A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fullback

1. an offensive back in football [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fullback

full to the gills
full toss
full tosses
full treatment
full up
full verb
full well
full whack
full whacks
fullage
fullages
fullam
fullams
fullan
fullans
fullback (current term)
fullbacks
fullblood
fullbloods
fullbring
fullburn
fullcome
fullcourt
fulldo
fulldriven
fulled
fullend
fuller
fuller's earth
fuller's teasel

Literary usage of Fullback

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Athletics by Paul Withington, Lothrop Withington (1914)
"HOW TO PLAY fullback BY JOHN P. DALTON Necessity of Good Physical Condition IT is my purpose in this article to offer a few suggestions to the young man who ..."

2. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (1921)
"Adelphi — Maisel, fullback; Mason. right tackle ; Dangler, quarterback ; Darcy, right guard, and Aldridge, right end. Boys High—Bunn, left halfback; Schaap, ..."

3. Mass Physical Training for Use in the Army and the Reserve Officers by Joseph Edward Raycroft (1920)
"The fullback backs up the line and plugs the hole if a line buck is attempted. The fullback must be careful not to start until he is sure where the ball is ..."

4. Football for Public and Player by Herbert Reed (1913)
"the fullback, doing so without waiting for the catch should they be too close upon the catcher. If the downfield men are well put out of the play and there ..."

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