Meanings
nouncrackback (plural crackbacks)
plural crackbacks
- American footballA block in which the blocker, positioned wide, blocks back towards where the ball was snapped.
Mike Pereira, the league’s director of officiating, said Wade did not commit an illegal crackback block because he was blocking upfield and not back toward the ball.
2007 January 3, The Associated Press, “Saban Needs More Time to Mull Alabama Offer”, in New York Times
Origin
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APA
crackback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackback
MLA
“crackback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackback. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crackback,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackback.
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