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weakside

weakside adjective: of or pertaining to the side of the field that has fewer players in a team's formation.

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

Forms of weakside

alternative formweak-side

Origin of weakside

From weak + side.

Questions about weakside

What does weakside mean?
Weakside means of or pertaining to the side of the field that has fewer players in a team's formation.
What part of speech is weakside?
Weakside is an adjective.

Words near weakside in the dictionary

  1. weaknesses
  2. weakon
  3. weakons
  4. weaksauce
  5. weaksauces
  6. weakside
  7. weaksome
  8. weakwilled
  9. weaky
  10. weal
  11. weal-public

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