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SPLIT END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does split end mean? 

SPLIT END (noun)
  The noun SPLIT END has 1 sense:

1. (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemenplay

  Familiarity information: SPLIT END used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPLIT END (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("split end" is a kind of...):

end ((football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)


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