tailback
noun/ˈteɪlbæk/
/ˈteɪlbæk/
- [countable] (British English) a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because something is blocking the road
- It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear.
- There are five-mile tailbacks on the M25 this morning.
- There are reports of severe tailbacks in both directions.
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- (also half back, half, North American English halfback)[countable, uncountable] one of the two attacking players in American football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs; the position a tailback plays at
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