1.(football) the person who plays quarterback (Freq. 6) • Syn: signal caller, field general • Topics: football, football game • Hypernyms: back 2.(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team - quarterback is the most important position on the team • Syn: signal caller, field general • Hypernyms: back • Member Holonyms: football team, eleven
II - verb
play the quarterback • Topics: football, football game • Hypernyms: play • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s