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weak-side

weak-side is the alternative form of weakside.

Meaning of weakside

Adjective

weakside (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the side of the field that has fewer players in a team's formation.
    • Then on the other side, they put Richard Dent at a weakside defensive end.2005, Tom Flores with Robert O'Connor, Coaching Football: From Youth Leagues to the Pros, page 73

Questions about weak-side

What is weak-side the alternative form of?
Weak-side is the alternative form of weakside.

Words near weak-side in the dictionary

  1. weak-heartedness
  2. weak-kneed
  3. weak-minded
  4. weak-mindedly
  5. weak-mindedness
  6. weak-side
  7. weak-sighted
  8. weak-willed
  9. weakbrained
  10. weake
  11. weaken

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