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Definitions for Quarterback
ˈkwɔr tərˌbækquar·ter·back

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quarterback, signal caller, field generalnoun

    (football) the person who plays quarterback

  2. quarterback, signal caller, field generalverb

    (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"

  3. quarterbackverb

    play the quarterback

GCIDE

  1. quarterbacknoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. quarterbacknoun

    an offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play

  2. quarterbackverb

    to play the position of quarterback

  3. quarterbackverb

    (by extension) to lead the offense

Wikipedia

  1. Quarterback

    The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offense, and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle. The quarterback also touches the ball on almost every offensive play, and is almost always the offensive player that throws forward passes. When the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage, it is called a sack.

ChatGPT

  1. quarterback

    A quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. They are often the leader of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line. The quarterback is the player who receives the ball from the center at the start of each play before either throwing the ball to a receiver, handing it off to a running back, or running with it. The quarterback is usually responsible for calling the play in the huddle.

Wikidata

  1. Quarterback

    Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line. Quarterbacks are the leaders of the offensive team, responsible for calling the play in the huddle.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Quarterback in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Quarterback in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Quarterback in a Sentence

  1. Tom Verni:

    I don't know of any other officer that would have really done all that much different, if you Monday-morning-quarterback this situation, anyone could come up with 1,000 different ways that they think they could have handled it at that time and place... (But) people make certain choices when they're interacting with police.

  2. Josh Kelly:

    I think the quarterback is a special player, we threw everything at him. We blitzed him, played cover zero, rushed three and dropped everyone else back into coverage. I think we threw the entire kitchen sink at him and he handled everything.

  3. Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton:

    I am an African-American quarterback that may scare a lot of people because they have n’t seen nothing that they can compare me to.

  4. Tyreek Hill:

    I’ve had a chance to see Tua throw the ball, to Tyreek Hill, but … he’s that due, bro. Like, what a lot of people do n’t know, like, I ’m not just saying this because he’s my quarterback now … Like, I ’m not trying to get more targets right now, but what I ’m trying to say is Tua is that deal, bro, bro, he has a heck of an arm, bro. He’s accurate. He can throw the deep ball, and he actually goes through his reads, where people are like on Twitter like saying, ‘ Oh, he does n’t go through his reads. ’ Man, this dude is that dude.

  5. The Chiefs:

    I think we'll be ready for the challenge. It's really early in the season, we haven't had many of these —we haven't had any since I've been quarterback — where we're behind all the teams in the division.

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