An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
QUARTERBACK
quarterback, signal caller, field general
(noun) (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; “quarterback is the most important position on the team”
quarterback, signal caller, field general
(noun) (football) the person who plays quarterback
quarterback
(verb) play the quarterback
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quarterback (plural quarterbacks)
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
(American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
(rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
Verb
quarterback (third-person singular simple present quarterbacks, present participle quarterbacking, simple past and past participle quarterbacked)
(American football) To play the position of quarterback.
(by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
Source: Wiktionary
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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