halfback

n. (Abbr. HB)

1. Football.
   1. One of the players positioned near the flanks behind the line of scrimmage.
   2. The position held by this player.
2. Sports.
   1. One of several players stationed behind the forward line, as in soccer or Rugby.
   2. The position held by this player.

(1) "Hurry back." See digispeak.

(2) (Home Basic) See Windows Vista versions.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position

Meaning #2: the position of a back on a football team

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - halfback (i fodbold), midtbanespiller

Nederlands (Dutch)
halfback, middenspeler

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) demi

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Hockey, Football) Läufer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) μέσος (κυνηγός), χαφ

Italiano (Italian)
mediano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - médio volante (m) (Desp.)

Русский (Russian)
полузащитник

Español (Spanish)
n. - medio, volante, mediocampista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - halvback

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
中卫

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 中衛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중위, 중위의 위치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ハーフバック

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الظهير المساند في كرة القدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שחקן מרכז-שדה, רץ (בכדורגל)‬

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