tailback
US/ˈteɪlˌbæk/
tailback noun: a line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
Noun
tailback (plural tailbacks)
- A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
- The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers...2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- backup
- A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
tailback meaning in Malayalam
tailback in Malayalam
- traffic jam, queue, line
- ഗതാഗതം തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന നീണ്ട വാഹനനിര, വാഹനങ്ങളുടെ നീണ്ട നിര, ഗതാഗതസ്തംഭനം, ഗതാഗതക്കുരുക്ക്, ഗതാഗതതടസ്സം, ഊഴം കാത്തുനിൽക്കുന്ന വാഹനങ്ങളുടെ നിര
Synonyms of tailback
Forms of tailback
| plural | tailbacks |
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Origin of tailback
From tail + back.
Questions about tailback
- What does tailback mean?
- Tailback means a line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
- What is tailback in Malayalam?
- Tailback in Malayalam is ഗതാഗതം തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന നീണ്ട വാഹനനിര, വാഹനങ്ങളുടെ നീണ്ട നിര, ഗതാഗതസ്തംഭനം. See Tailback meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is tailback?
- Tailback is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tailback?
- Tailback is pronounced /ˈteɪlˌbæk/ (US).
- What is the plural of tailback?
- The plural of tailback is tailbacks.
Words near tailback in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tailback (page history and authors); tailback (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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