wide receiver

noun

An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

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Meanings

nounwide receiver (plural wide receivers)

plural wide receivers

  1. American footballAn offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

    All season, the Chiefs have struggled on offense, in particular in the pass catching department. On multiple occasions throughout the regular season, Mahomes was burned by mental miscues from his wide receivers which cost the Chiefs wins.

    2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com

Translations

Finnish laitahyökkääjä
  • laitahyökkääjäAmerican football: offensive player position
Cite this entry
APA

wide receiver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20receiver

MLA

“wide receiver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20receiver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wide receiver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20receiver.

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