- split end
- {n.} An end in football who plays five to ten yards out from the tackle in the line. * /The split end is one of the quarterback's most important targets for passes./ Contrast: TIGHT END.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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split end — noun a) A hair which has split at the end, usually from dryness or innutrition. (Usually in plural) Ive got so many split ends – I think I must be working too hard. b) The position which lines up wide and on the offensive line of scrimmage whose… … Wiktionary
split end — {n.} An end in football who plays five to ten yards out from the tackle in the line. * /The split end is one of the quarterback s most important targets for passes./ Contrast: TIGHT END … Dictionary of American idioms
Split End — Wide Receiver, aufgestellt in der I Formation Der Wide Receiver ist im American Football der Passempfänger des Quarterbacks. Nach dem Snap des Centers zum Quarterback läuft er die Route des Spielzugs, der im Huddle angesagt wurde. Der Quarterback … Deutsch Wikipedia
split end — Football. an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver. Also called flanker, spread end. [1950 55, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
split end — noun Date: 1955 1. an offensive football end who lines up usually several yards to the side of the formation 2. a hair tip that has become frayed (as from dryness) usually used in plural … New Collegiate Dictionary
End (American football) — An End in American football is a player who lines up at either end of the line of scrimmage. Rules state that a legal offensive formation must always consist of seven players on the line of scrimmage. An end who lines up close to the offensive… … Wikipedia
end — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE S WITS END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE S END UP or HOLD UP ONE S END or KEEP ONE S END UP or KEEP UP ONE S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET … Dictionary of American idioms
end — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE S WITS END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE S END UP or HOLD UP ONE S END or KEEP ONE S END UP or KEEP UP ONE S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET … Dictionary of American idioms
Split multi-link trunking — (SMLT) is a link aggregation technology in computer networking designed by Nortel in 2001 as an enhancement to standard Multi Link Trunking (MLT) as defined in IEEE 802.3ad.Link aggregation or Multi Link Trunking (MLT) allows multiple physical… … Wikipedia
Split — (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split} ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. {Splice},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
