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spillbacks

spillbacks is the plural of spillback.

Meaning of spillback

Noun

spillback (countable and uncountable, plural spillbacks)

  1. The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.
  2. The spread of an infectious pathogen from humans to non-human animals.

Questions about spillbacks

What is spillbacks the plural of?
Spillbacks is the plural of spillback.

Words near spillbacks in the dictionary

  1. Spillanean
  2. Spillanes
  3. Spillanesque
  4. Spillanian
  5. spillback
  6. spillbacks
  7. spilled
  8. spilled ink
  9. spilled juice
  10. spilled one's guts
  11. spilled one's guts out

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