quarterback

(kwôrt′ər bak′)

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noun

Football an offensive back who calls the play, takes the ball from the center, and then passes, hands off, etc.

transitive verb, intransitive verb

See quarterback in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Football Abbr. QB

The backfield player whose position is behind the line of scrimmage and who usually calls the signals for the plays.

verb quar·ter·backed, quar·ter·back·ing, quar·ter·backs

verb, transitive

Football To direct the offense of.
Slang To lead or direct the operations of: “needed someone to quarterback the [brain trust] for the first U.S. ICBM program” (Forbes).

verb, intransitive
Football

To play quarterback.

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