Definition of Runback

1. Noun. (American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff ¹

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Definition of Runback

1. a type of run in football [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runback

runabout
runabouts
runagate
runagates
runaround
runarounds
runathon
runathons
runaway
runaway behaviour
runaway bride
runaway electrons
runaway pacemaker
runaway robin
runaways
runback (current term)
runbacks
runbook
runcation
runch
runches
runcible
runcible spoon
runcible spoons
runcinate
runcinate leaf
rund
rundale
rundales
rundel

Literary usage of Runback

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

1. Lubricating Engineer's Handbook: A Reference Book of Data, Tables and by John Rome Battle (1916)
"During the first part of the run the condensate formed in condenser 9 is returned to the still, through the runback, until the oil in distillation has ..."

2. Lubricating Engineer's Handbook: A Reference Book of Data, Tables and by John Rome Battle (1916)
"During the first part of the run the condensate formed in condenser 9 is returned to the still, through the runback, until the oil in distillation has ..."

3. The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering: A Reference Book of Data by John Rome Battle (1920)
"During the first part of the run the condensate formed in condenser 9 is returned to the still, through the runback, until the oil in distillation has ..."

4. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"... oil fed to a still during a specified time. (2) To lower casing into a drilled hole and land it at the bottom (Sands). runback.—Pipes through which the ..."

5. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"runback.—Pipes through which the condensate is returned to the still instead of being drawn off. Run-down tanks.—Tanks in which distillation products are ..."

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