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Definition of Tailback
1. Noun. (American football) the person who plays tailback.
2. Noun. (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.
Definition of Tailback
1. Noun. A line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion; a traffic jam ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailback
1. a member of the backfield in some football formations [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailback
Literary usage of Tailback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daytrips London by Earl Steinbicker (2003)
"... non-divided highway Sleeping Policeman speed bump Slip Road on/off ramp on
highway Subway pedestrian underpass tailback traffic jam Tailboard tailgate ..."
2. Architecture Goes Wild by Kas Oosterhuis (2002)
"... of the innumerable bypasses, just as a finely-meshed road network always offers
alternative routes when there is a tailback in a main traffic artery. ..."
3. Thailand by Christopher Evans, Lindsey Evans (2006)
"Passing traffic was curtailed to one-way only and a healthy tailback developed
at both ends of the town. It enabled many of the drivers to exit their ..."
4. Huibert Groenendijk: Down to Design by Conny Bakker (2004)
"... Rotterdam is divided in two by the Maas, a broad river pointedly described by
the townsfolk as the only traffic thoroughfare without a tailback problem. ..."
5. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"... will remain like the yardage covered by a football team's tailback before he
crosses the line of scrimmage: that yardage doesn't count. ..."
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