ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Quarterbacking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Quarterbacking is a noun meaning (American football) The act of playing as a quarterback.

Meaning

(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback.

More Meanings

  1. (US) The action of making criticisms after the event
  2. present participle and gerund of quarterback

Example Sentences

Plenty of past seasons’ events could look ill-conceived in the critical eye of Monday-morning quarterbacking, but previously, the show had earned the benefit of the doubt that missteps on the part of supposedly intelligent characters were a plausible lack of in-world foresight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include morning, quarter, linebacking, cornerbacking, passer, bootleg.

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