LINEBACKER

linebacker, line backer

(noun) (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage

linebacker, line backer

(noun) a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

linebacker (plural linebackers)

(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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