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crackbacks

crackbacks is the plural of crackback.

Meaning of crackback

Noun

crackback (plural crackbacks)

  1. A block in which the blocker, positioned wide, blocks back towards where the ball was snapped.
    • Mike Pereira, the league’s director of officiating, said Wade did not commit an illegal crackback block because he was blocking upfield and not back toward the ball.2007 January 3, The Associated Press, “Saban Needs More Time to Mull Alabama Offer”, in New York Times

Questions about crackbacks

What is crackbacks the plural of?
Crackbacks is the plural of crackback.

Words near crackbacks in the dictionary

  1. crackalacking
  2. crackaloo
  3. crackas
  4. crackaz
  5. crackback
  6. crackbacks
  7. crackberries
  8. crackberry
  9. crackbrain
  10. crackbrained
  11. crackbrainedness

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