Dictionary Entry
flanker
flanker is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
- 2transitive verb
To defend by lateral fortifications.
- 3transitive verb
To attack sideways.
- 4noun
a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
- 5noun
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
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