quarterbacking

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noun

The act of playing as a quarterback

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Meanings

nounquarterbacking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAmerican footballThe act of playing as a quarterback
  2. USuncountableThe action of making criticisms after the event

    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.

    2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quarterback

Origin

From quarterback + -ing.

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APA

quarterbacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarterbacking

MLA

“quarterbacking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarterbacking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quarterbacking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarterbacking.

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