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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tailback
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both carriageways were closed for eight hours causing huge tailbacks.
▪ But flustered John's ordeal only ended when police went to investigate what was causing the two-mile tailback near Gateshead.
▪ Southbound there were tailbacks for miles.
Wiktionary
tailback

n. A line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion; a traffic jam

WordNet
tailback

  1. n. (football) the person who plays tailback

  2. the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage

Wikipedia
Tailback

Tailback can mean:

  • A position in American football at the "tail" end of the offensive formation, typically a halfback
  • A line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion; a traffic jam

Usage examples of "tailback".

The handsome Tiger tailback, famous college star and glamour boy of pro football, was another doubtful one.

Up until now the problems had been fairly basic‑things like it being obsolete before they had finished building it, Einsteinian tailbacks that eventually became tailforwards, that kind of thing.