line backer
linebacker
guard
backfield
back judge
cornerback
secondary
fielder
pass rusher
cornerbacking
under center
tight end
halfback
pivot
left field
offensive guard
winged T
blitz
safety blitz
tackler
linebacker blitzing
booter
shotgun
shotgun offense
behind center
center fielder
wingback
pistol
passer
unbalanced
defensive midfielder
pass receiver
linemen
edge rusher
route runner
pass catcher
receiver
first five-eighth
package
flea flicker
assist
second five-eighth
football hero
side judge
end
eleven
sacker
back
football team
front-rower
tackle
offensive back
slot
ball
rollout
drop back
lock
rushing
rush
draw
fanger
pick
tailback
wideout
keeper
garryowen
draw play
bowl game
right fielder
flanker
pigskin
right back
center
third baseman
flexbone
split end
linemate
double tackle
offensive tackle
stunt
dig
triple play
sneak
off the back foot
safety
pass completion
fullback
completion
punt returner
slotback
center field
lineman
behind center
unbalanced
line backer
linebacker
guard
backfield
back judge
cornerback
secondary
fielder
pass rusher
cornerbacking
tight end
halfback
pivot
left field
offensive guard
winged T
blitz
safety blitz
tackler
linebacker blitzing
booter
shotgun
shotgun offense
center fielder
wingback
pistol
passer
defensive midfielder
pass receiver
linemen
edge rusher
route runner
pass catcher
receiver
first five-eighth
package
flea flicker
assist
second five-eighth
football hero
side judge
end
eleven
sacker
back
football team
front-rower
tackle
offensive back
slot
ball
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lock
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draw
fanger
pick
tailback
wideout
keeper
garryowen
draw play
bowl game
right fielder
flanker
pigskin
right back
center
third baseman
flexbone
split end
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double tackle
offensive tackle
stunt
dig
triple play
sneak
safety
pass completion
fullback
completion
punt returner
slotback
center field
lineman
drop back
noun
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a position on a basketball team
verb
noun
- the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
adj
- inferior in rank or status
- depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
- not of major importance
- belonging to a lower class or rank
adj
noun
- One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
- A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
- Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
- The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
- An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
- A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
verb
noun
- A quarterback.
- An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
- Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
- The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
- Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
- A circle runner.
- A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
- A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
- An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
- A pivot table.
- A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
- Act of turning on one foot.
verb
noun
- The defensive position in the outfield to the left.
- An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)
- An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field).
- The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.
noun
- A person who plays association football.
- The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
- The floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
- A game that is launched by booting directly from the floppy disk containing the game program, rather than starting the program from within the computer's standard operating system.
- A program or process that boots.
noun
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
- The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
- Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
- Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
- Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
verb
- To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
- To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
- To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
- To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
- To verbally lay claim to (something)
noun
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.
- A handgun
- The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
- A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
- A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
verb
noun
- A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- A passed pawn.
- One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
- Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
noun
- a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
- set that receives radio or tv signals
- (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
- earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
- a person who receives something
- the tennis player who receives the serve
noun
- A football formation.
- Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
- Something resembling a package.
- The male genitalia.
- A charge made for packing goods.
- Synonym of wrap (“complete news report ready for broadcast”)
- Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
- A package holiday.
- A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
- A group of related stories spread over several pages.
verb
noun
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- either extremity of something that has length
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- a final state
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
verb
noun
- A player who sacks (tackles the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass).
- A person who fills or makes sacks or bags.
- Synonym of bagger (“retail employee who bags customers' purchases”)
- A person who sacks or plunders.
- A machine or device for filling sacks.
- A person who sacks or fires (dismisses someone from a job or position).
- A baseman (player positioned at or near a base).
noun
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
adj
adj
verb
- be behind; approve of
- travel backward
- give support or one's approval to
- cause to travel backward
- support financial backing for
- be in back of
- place a bet on
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- establish as valid or genuine
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
adv
noun
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- gear used in fishing
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
verb
noun
- The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
- The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors.
- A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
- The vagina.
- A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
- The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
- A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
- A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
- A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
- A period of time within a schedule or sequence.
- A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
- An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
- The barrel or tube of a wave.
- A slot machine designed for gambling.
- In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
- The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
verb
- To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
- To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
- To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
- To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
- To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
- To put something where it belongs.
- To kill.
noun
- A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
- Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
- Nonsense.
- A very enjoyable time.
- The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
- An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
- The globe; the earthly sphere.
- A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
- Courage.
- A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- A formal dance.
- The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
- A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
- In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
- A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
- An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
- A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
- One thousand US dollars.
- A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
intj
verb
- To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)
- To form or wind into a ball.
- To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- To play basketball.
- To be hip or cool.
noun
- A play in which a quarterback moves toward the sideline before attempting to pass.
- A malfunction in a gas furnace where gas burns outside the combustion chamber. Such a malfunction can cause damage to the furnace, carbon monoxide poisoning, or start a fire.
- An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
- A game variant in which players progressively reveal their cards.
- The phase of a landing after touchdown but before the aircraft slows to taxi speed.
- A form of analysis in which the same position is played many times (with different dice rolls) and the various outcomes are recorded.
verb
- Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, back.
- To move to a lower (or slower) position in a race or competition; to slow down so as to meet up with someone behind oneself
noun
noun
- A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- Complete control over a situation.
- The firing mechanism.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
verb
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- To fasten with a lock.
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- To play in the position of lock.
- To become fastened in place.
- To intertwine or dovetail.
- To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
noun
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- a sudden forceful flow
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a sudden burst of activity
verb
- move hurridly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- act at high speed
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- cause to occur rapidly
adj
noun
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
noun
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
noun
- An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
- The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- One who keeps (retains) something.
- A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
- Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”)
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- A person or thing worth keeping.
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
- A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
noun
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
adj
adj
verb
noun
- A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
- A check in growth.
- That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
- A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
- A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
verb
noun
- A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- Digoxin.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- A thrust; a poke.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- An innings.
verb
- To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- To thrust; to poke.
noun
- A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
- A cheat; a con artist.
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- The act of sneaking
- A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
verb
- To stealthily bring someone something.
- To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
- To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- To take something stealthily without permission.
adj
prep_phrase
noun
- a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
- the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
- a safe place
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
noun
- A particular position in American football, often a running back who lines up near the line of scrimmage and can function as a wide receiver.
- A particular position in Canadian football, similar to a hybrid between wide receiver and running back. This position is more common in the Canadian game than its American counterpart.
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