tight end

noun

: an offensive football end who lines up close to the tackle and can act as a lineman or receiver

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Both the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the team’s 29-year-old quarterback were tagged in the post. Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 May 2025 Bolt signed with Boise State in 2020, with then-head coach Bryan Harsin seeing Bolt as a tight end/H-back hybrid. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025 Unlike last year, tight end T.J. Hockenson should begin the season healthy. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 22 May 2025 The Context Swift is dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and the couple were first linked nearly two years ago in July 2023. Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tight end

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tight end was in 1962

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“Tight end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight%20end. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

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