split end

split end

n.

1. Football A pass receiver who lines up apart from the rest of the formation.

2. The end of a hair that has split into strands.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

split end - (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal end - (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"