EGAVE

flanker

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
  2. noun A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
  3. noun A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
  4. noun One of a pair of large upright monoliths erected on either end of the recumbent, in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.
  5. noun A usually lower-end brand or product introduced in order to target competitors and protect a company's main market share.
  6. noun Newly created perfume that shares some attributes of an already existing perfume.
  7. verb To defend by lateral fortifications.
  8. verb To attack sideways.

Similar words

flankerback halfback back row blindside flanker lock open-side prop openside flanker opensider backliner

Often followed by

task and back is brands to brand compatibility effect

Word family

flanker back flankers

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