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tailbacks

tailbacks is the plural of tailback.

Meaning of tailback

Noun

tailback (plural tailbacks)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) 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:
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  2. A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.

Questions about tailbacks

What is tailbacks the plural of?
Tailbacks is the plural of tailback.

Words near tailbacks in the dictionary

  1. tailache
  2. tailage
  3. tailages
  4. tailard
  5. tailback
  6. tailbacks
  7. tailband
  8. tailbands
  9. tailbase
  10. tailbases
  11. tailbeat

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