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    TAILBACK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmageplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("tailback" is a kind of...):

    back ((American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage)

    Holonyms ("tailback" is a member of...):

    eleven; football team (a team that plays football)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (American football) the person who plays tailbackplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("tailback" is a kind of...):

    back ((football) a person who plays in the backfield)

    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)

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