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Definition of Running back

1. Noun. (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage.

Definition of Running back

1. Noun. (American football) An offensive back whose primary job is to be the ballcarrier. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of run back) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Back

Literary usage of Running back

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

1. The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil (1856)
"When it is desired to couple the two cars—by running back the front or bringing forward the rear one—the link, L, will enter the throat of the box, ..."

2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1796)
"... and they take the following method : the carriage goes no farther. The carriage is prevented from running back, by a forked iron drag ; but for greater ..."

3. The British Dominions in North America, Or, A Topographical and Statistical ...by Joseph Bouchette by Joseph Bouchette (1831)
"The distance between the end of these two walls being 11 perches, and the depth of the lot running back from the line of 11 perches, 34 perches from the ..."

4. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1864)
"On November 12, 1810, Bulfinch conveyed to Benjamin Joy and others, four lots bounded on George street, running back from George street 80 feet and bounded ..."

5. God's Puppets by William Allen White (1916)
"... seemed to have started her, but her grievances were running back to events thirty years before, and the son ate his evening meal in shame and silence. ..."

6. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"running back vault left, left hand on upper, right hand on lower boom. running back vault right, ... running back vault right with 90° right turn. ..."

7. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"running back vault left, left hand on upper, right hand on lower boom. ... running back vault left with 90° left turn. running back vault right with 90° ..."

8. Jokes for All Occasions (1922)
"The car stopped, and the conductor., running back, helped the unfortunate man to scramble to his feet. The bibulous passenger was severely shaken, ..."

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