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WINGBACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wingback" is a kind of...):

back ((American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage)

Holonyms ("wingback" is a member of...):

eleven; football team (a team that plays football)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(football) the person who plays wingback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wingback" is a kind of...):

back ((football) a person who plays in the backfield)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

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