TIGHT END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tight end mean? 

• TIGHT END (noun)
  The noun TIGHT END has 1 sense:

1. (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIGHT END (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tight 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)