Meaning

4 senses
  1. A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.

  2. A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.

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

  3. One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.

  4. A wingback chair.

    Ohrensessel

    (football) the person who plays wingback

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wingback chair:

Origin

From wing + back.

From wing + back.

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Forms

plural: wingbacks
Singularwingback
Pluralwingbacks

regular

Word family

2 related words
Derivedwingbacked

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wingback — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto