wingback

See also: wing-back and wing back

English

Etymology

From wing +‎ back.

Noun

wingback (plural wingbacks)

1. (soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
2. (American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
3. One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
4. A wingback chair.

Derived terms

• wingbacked

Descendants

• → Japanese: ウィングバック
• → Korean: 윙백 (wingbaek)

Translations

soccer: player who doubles as a defender and winger

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 邊翼衛 / 边翼卫 (biān yìwèi)

• Finnish: laitapelaaja
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ウィングバック, ウイングバック (uingubakku)
• Korean: 윙백 (wingbaek)
• Polish: wahadłowy (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: carrilero (es) m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

wingback chair

• German: Ohrensessel (de) m
• Polish: fotel uszak m inan

See also

• full-back
• centre-back

Further reading

• “wingback”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “wing back”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “wingback”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
• “wing back”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• backwing