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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.





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"Quarterback" Quotes from Famous Books



... quarterback yell, and then the rest was swallowed up in a hum of excitement in the songs and cheers with which the students sought to urge on the ...
— Andy at Yale - The Great Quadrangle Mystery • Roy Eliot Stokes
... asked Sam Heller as though it was all settled—that is all but naming his position. "I'd like to go in at quarterback." ...
— Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck • Allen Chapman
... understand we have a very superior team," said Irving. "I fancy he knows that it's as much as I can do to tell the difference between a quarterback and ...
— The Jester of St. Timothy's • Arthur Stanwood Pier


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