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TIGHT END
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tight end mean?
• TIGHT END (noun)
The noun TIGHT END has 1 sense:
1. (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle
Familiarity information: TIGHT END used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tight end" is a kind of...):
end ((football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
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