tailback

tail·back (t

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n. Football

The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.

tailback [ˈteɪlˌbæk]

a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction

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Noun	1.	tailback - (American football) the person who plays tailback 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 back - (football) a person who plays in the backfield
	2.	tailback - (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage back - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage football team, eleven - a team that plays football

Translations

tailback [ˈteɪlbæk] N → caravana f, cola f

tailback [ˈteɪlbæk] n (British) → bouchon m

tailback [ˈteɪlˌbæk] n (Brit) (Aut) → coda

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All three lanes of the eastbound carriageway were closed, causing a tailback of eight miles to junction 25 near Brighouse.

Two hurt airlifted after M62 crash by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

COMMUTERS faced a two-mile tailback today after a rush hour smash.

Morning traffic misery on A1 by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

A spokeswoman for the Highways Agency said the accident led to a sevenmile queue of traffic on the south-bound carriageway back to Junction 11 at Cannock and a five-mile tailback on the opposite carriageway as motorists slowed down to look at what had happened.

Crash sparks rush-hour chaos by Birmingham Mail (England)

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