"running back" meaning in All languages combined

See running back on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: running backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} running back (plural running backs)
  1. (American football) An offensive back whose primary job is to be the ballcarrier. Categories (topical): Football (American) Translations (type of offensive back): keskushyökkääjä (Finnish), Running Back [masculine] (German), Runningback (German)
    Sense id: en-running_back-en-noun-xdrDvxn7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} running back
  1. present participle and gerund of run back Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: run back
    Sense id: en-running_back-en-verb-rRCmTIKe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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