noun
definition
A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam; backup.
definition
A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
Examples of tailback in a Sentence
One particularly expressive picture captures a tailback of oil tankers stood bumper-to-bumper in symmetry with a line of sheep led by a farmer.
The North Circular was reduced to 1 lane from 3, causing a huge tailback.
No-one else makes a five mile tailback on the M25 come to life the way he does.
One police officer claimed the traffic tailback to Hull was over four miles.
Then on Thursday morning a burst sewer pipe had to be repaired on Church Road, causing a two-mile tailback and an unfortunate odor.
A tailback of traffic stretching several kilometers is reported to the east of the city.