FULLBACK
Dictionary entry overview: What does fullback mean?
• FULLBACK (noun)
The noun FULLBACK has 2 senses:
1. (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
2. the position of a back on a football team
Familiarity information: FULLBACK used as a noun is rare.
• FULLBACK (verb)
The verb FULLBACK has 1 sense:
1. play the fullback
Familiarity information: FULLBACK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FULLBACK (noun)
Meaning:
(football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("fullback" is a kind of...):
running back ((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)
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)
Meaning:
The position of a back on a football team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fullback" is a kind of...):
back (the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage)
Holonyms ("fullback" is a member of...):
eleven; football team (a team that plays football)
• FULLBACK (verb)
Meaning:
Play the fullback
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "fullback" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
