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▸ noun: (field sports) A player who occupies one of these positions.
▸ noun: (American football) 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.
▸ noun: (Canadian football) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
▸ noun: (field hockey) A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
▸ noun: (Australian rules football) One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
▸ noun: (rugby) The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
▸ noun: A person from the northern United States who moves to Florida, but then due to the heat or other issues, moves again to a more temperate climate, primarily the Carolinas.
▸ verb: To play in the position of halfback.
Similar:
running back,
fullback,
full-back,
backfielder,
backfield,
half forward,
quarterback,
tailback,
half-back,
three-quarter,
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