tail·back
/ˈtālˌbak/
noun
(in some offensive formations) the back who is positioned farthest from the line of scrimmage.
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Tailback may refer to: Tailback (American football), an offensive position in American football; a halfback in the I formation; Tailback (road traffic), ...
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American football
A halfback is an offensive position in American football, whose duties involve lining up in the offensive backfield and carrying the ball on most rushing plays, i.e. a running back. Wikipedia
The meaning of TAILBACK is the offensive football back farthest from the line of scrimmage. How to use tailback in a sentence.
the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
5 days ago · the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
TAILBACK meaning: 1 : a player on offense who runs with the ball and blocks halfback; 2 : a situation in which the flow of traffic is blocked and a long ...
Synonyms for TAILBACK: jam, congestion, bottleneck, snarl, backup, jam-up, logjam, traffic, tangle, gridlock.
[countable] (British English) a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because something is blocking the road.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtailbacktail‧back /ˈteɪlbæk/ noun [countable] 1 British EnglishTTC a line of traffic that is moving very ...