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linebacking

noun

Etymology

From line + backing.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. suffixed as backing — “back + ing”
  7. compounded as linebacking — “line + backing”

Definitions

  1. Playing as a linebacker

    • “He has the ability to play all three linebacking positions and we’re happy to add him to our defense.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for linebacking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA