vie. vb, vies, vying or vied. 1. (intr; foll by with or for) to contend for superiority or victory (with) or strive in competition (for). 2. (tr) to offer, exchange, or display in rivalry. [C15: probably from Old French envier to challenge, from Latin invÄ«tÄre to invite].
On rare occasions, a halfback is asked to throw the ball when running a HB option. This play is generally referred to as a half-back pass, regardless if the player throwing the football is a tailback or fullback.
  HB refers to the hardness of the pencil. In the scale H is used for harder pencils (H for hard) HH HHH HHHH all get progressively harder, and B (the B stands for black) â¦ BB BBB BBBB get progressively softer. HB pencils (#2 on the US pencil-hardness scale) are right in the middle, so the HB stands for Hard Black.f you mean what HB stands for, it's an indicator for the hardness (H) or softness (B) of the graphite and clay used. However, the B is for blackness so HB is like average/m â¦ edium grade so the full form would be Hard Black, Hard and Black, or Hard Blackness.