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 tailbacks in a Sentence
We were even advised of a short cut back to M23 to avoid tailbacks during rush hour traffic!
Additional traffic lights on the Pentagon roundabout have created tailbacks to the Wyvern center at times when previously there had been none.
Local roads which are at full capacity at peak times will have long tailbacks where the route crosses them, holding up traffic.
A COLLISION between a car and a motorcycle on the M4 caused massive tailbacks on Monday.
Frustrated motorists were caught up in heavy tailbacks which put hours on most journeys.
Over the next five years, direct action protests against the construction of new roads become almost as common across Britain as motorway tailbacks.
We were even advised of a short cut back to M23 to avoid tailbacks during rush hour traffic !
Heavy tailbacks built up on the motorway while the emergency services dealt with the aftermath of the crash.
Generally tho the tailbacks on the road mean that there are big gaps for people to get across.
Most people would not admit to looking at car accidents yet tailbacks on the other side of the road are commonly seen.
They blocked 3 gates completely causing tailbacks for hours and massively disturbing the shift change-over.