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crackback
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkræk.bæk/ us /ˈkræk.bæk/(alsocrackback block)
in American football, an action in which a player who is positioned away from the ball runs back towards the play to block an opposing player:
He is a good blocker on crackbacks or downfield to help teammates.
He received a penalty for an illegal crackback block.
He threw a wicked crackback block on a defensive back against Hawaii.
The crackback block must engage a defender above the waist and not be a block in the back.
The safeties playing outside have to be careful of crackbacks and cut blocks.
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