runback

See also: run back

English

Etymology

From run +‎ back.

Noun

runback (plural runbacks)

  1. (American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff.
    • 1936 October 18, “Fifty Yard Runback of Punt Gives Bowdoin 6-0 Win Over Williams”, in Hartford Courant‎[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2013, page C4:
      A fifty yard runback of a punt by Jack Reed in the fourth period gave Bowdoin a 6-0 win over Williams today in a driving rain.
  2. A managed reduction of output in a power plant.
  3. (video games) The path taken to the location of a boss to fight it again after respawning.
    • 2026 January, Sean Martin, Harvey Randall, Evan Lahti, Fraser Brown, Shaun Prescott, Morgan Park, Robin Valentine, Andrea Shearon, Lauren Morton, Elie Gould, “Game of the Year”, in PC Gamer‎[2], number 417, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 53:
      Maybe I’m just a bit of a masochist, but as Team Cherry continued to torment me with ill-placed benches and hostile runbacks, I started to respect that viciousness as a part of Silksong’s character.

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