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Quarterback   /kwˈɔrtərbˌæk/  /kˈɔrtərbˌæk/   Listen
noun
quarterback  n.  (Football) The player on a football tream who chooses the offensive play and receives the ball from the center at the start of each down. Compare halfback and fullback.



verb
quarterback  v. i.  (Football) To play the position of quarterback, in a football game.
Synonyms: play the quarterback, be the quarterback.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Quarterback" Quotes from Famous Books



... finally won the coveted position of quarterback, in spite of team politics, he made a reputation by the merciless fashion in which he drove his eleven, and by the fury of ...
— The Blood of the Conquerors • Harvey Fergusson

... Drive Slowly!" Such signs are usually posted by state or local authorities in accordance with LAW. And even where there are no signs, the laws themselves are supposed to regulate traffic. Some one has compared the laws in our country to the signals given to a football team by the quarterback. These signals are agreed upon in advance by the team, and tell each player not only what he himself, but also what every other player, is to do, and thus team work is secured. And so our laws are ...
— Community Civics and Rural Life • Arthur W. Dunn



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