Definitions
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- adjective American football Describing a
block in which theblocker , positionedwide , blocks back towards where the ball wassnapped .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pittsburgh receiver Hines Ward's "crackback" hits on unsuspecting players have caused concussions and broken jaws.
ESPN.com Kevin Seifert 2008
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What's the ballroom dancing equivalent of an illegal crackback cheap-shot?
Hines Ward joins cast of 'Dancing with the Stars' and tough guys everywhere weep 2011
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Thanks to that crackback, SyFy will be as dead to my TV as the Lifetime Channel (as if efforts like "Mansquito" hadn't already sealed that fate).
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True enough but she keeps getting those penalties for those illegal crackback blocks.
"The last thing we need is a President who encourages festering racial controversies." Ann Althouse 2008
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If that was silly, Senator Obama's verbal crackback at his opponent's criticism was more troubling.
Obama's Bad Turn 2008
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What bugged Brady is that he was penalized on the play for an illegal crackback.
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Quoting Ditka : "If M=mv, does not X tackle O (assuming X avoids the crackback)?"
A Field of Physics Pete Danko 1999
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After forcing a punt, Arizona drove to the Panthers five, but a crackback block penalty against Andre Roberts drove the team back, and Jay Feely's 36-yard field goal try was wide left.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BOB BAUM 2011
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After forcing a punt, Arizona drove to the Panthers 5, but a crackback block penalty against Andre Roberts drove the team back, and Jay Feely's 36-yard field goal try was wide left.
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After forcing a punt, Arizona drove to the Panthers 5, but a crackback block penalty against
SI.com 2011
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