Meaning

4 senses
  1. An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.

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

  2. A position behind the main line of backs in both rugby union and rugby league. In rugby union, they wear number 15 jersey at the start of play and are the last line of defence responsible for catching punts.

  3. A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.

  4. A player who plays on the left or right side of defence.

    Außenverteidiger, Außenverteidigerin

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The fullback was expelled from the match.

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Translations

4 languages
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Origin

From full + back.

From full + back.

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Forms

plural: fullbacks
Singularfullback
Pluralfullbacks

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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