Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The offensive backfield player whose position is behind the line of scrimmage and who usually calls the signals for the plays and receives the ball when snapped.
- intransitive verb Football To direct the offense of.
- intransitive verb Slang To lead or direct the operations of.
- intransitive verb To play quarterback.
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- noun American football an
offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in aplay - verb American football to play the position of quarterback
- verb by extension to lead the offense
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb play the quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
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Examples
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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The "target" statistic doesn't tell us if the quarterback is actually coming that close to the receiver.
David Berri: The Calvin Johnson Myth David Berri 2010
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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The shortest path to the quarterback is a straight line and they line up closer than anybody to the quarterback.
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Well, when doing a football movie, the quarterback is also one of the more important casts that a casting director must fill.
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The "target" statistic doesn't tell us if the quarterback is actually coming that close to the receiver.
David Berri: The Calvin Johnson Myth David Berri 2010
oroboros commented on the word quarterback
Related to where on the field of play the player lines up: a quarter of the way back behind the line of scrimmage. Cf. half back, full(y) back. There used to be a "three quarter" back position. All this according to NPR's Says You
August 22, 2010