(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
Used in a Sentence
tailback
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tailback.
Editorial note
Though it's a tailback of people who plan to exceed 20mph, otherwise how is it a tailback?
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Quick take
(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tailback gathered in one view.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tailback.
noun
(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
noun
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
Example sentences
Though it's a tailback of people who plan to exceed 20mph, otherwise how is it a tailback?
Whilst I appreciate being able to scan, having no tailback at all means having to scan.
The driver gets there 5 minutes earlier in exchange for causing a 7-km tailback multiple times per day?
Unless there's a police car visible, when everyone drops to 68 and there's a huge tailback.
On 21 July 1938 the protestors filed across Western Avenue from the Approach, and then back, causing a huge tailback.
Either that or are too timid and just sit behind slow vehicles causing a long tailback.
And simply maintaining good following distance gives you a buffer that can absorb this sudden change and prevent the tailback.
This might be useful for remote areas or urban congestion like a motorway tailback.
I attended Pulaski Academy (PA) 6th-10th grade and played football there from 7th-10th grade, 1 under Coach Kelley who was then the Defensive Coach while I was a cornerback (and tailback).
There's a world of difference between going for a nice cycle or taking the train to see a new place or even going for a drive in the country versus cramming onto a standing-room-only train or risking your life in rush hour traffic or crawling along the highway in a tailback.
This saved me a three hour tailback only weeks ago (arriving at work after lunch would have been...irritating) and literally last week I didn't bother to set it on the way home and ended up in 30 minutes of standing traffic that it would have told me to avoid (there's an alternate route that's 10 minutes slower, but once you're in the wrong road you're committed and can't go back).
Quote examples
"If someone is doing 20, you have a proper tailback." Specifically a "proper tailback"
Some of the quotes are actually pretty funny, particularly "proper tailback".
A "proper tailback" is a really big traffic jam.
> tailback I assume this is the thing that's called a "traffic jam" where I live?
Proper noun examples
You take the one who's best suited for playing Left Tackle and ask him to play Tailback.
No real surprise that the player who is tackled the most (Tailback) has the lowest IQ.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tailback in a sentence?
Though it's a tailback of people who plan to exceed 20mph, otherwise how is it a tailback?
What does tailback mean?
(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
What part of speech is tailback?
tailback is commonly used as noun.