1. plays in football where a player returns a kicked ball by running with it
Usage: sports; American football
2. brief summaries or reviews of previous events or information
Usage: informal

Examples

• The team’s special teams unit excelled at kickoff runbacks this season.
• His punt runbacks averaged over 12 yards per return.
• The coach analyzed several runbacks from last week’s game.
• She gave us quick runbacks of the meetings we missed.
• The news show featured runbacks of the week’s major stories.
• After vacation, I needed runbacks on all the project updates.