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The meaning of TAILBACK is the offensive football back farthest from the line of scrimmage. How to use tailback in a sentence.

Tailback may refer to: Tailback (American football), an offensive position in American football; a halfback in the I formation; Tailback (road traffic), or traffic jam, a line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion

TAILBACK definition: 1. a line of vehicles that have stopped or are moving only very slowly, because of an accident or…. Learn more.

In football, a tailback is the player furthest from the front line. The tailback often runs with the ball.

A tailback is a term used mainly in American and Canadian football. It generally refers to the offensive back who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage or behind all the other offensive players, typically positioned three to five yards behind the quarterback.

A tailback is a long line of traffic stretching back along a road, which moves very slowly or not at all, for example because of road works or an accident.

In the fall of 1967, the new USC tailback — a transfer from San Francisco City College — wasn’t quite a star yet. Tailback definition: . See examples of TAILBACK used in a sentence.

A tailback is the offensive player in football that is positioned farthest back from the line of scrimmage. A tailback’s primary focus is to run the ball due to their exceptional speed and agility. In addition, some tailbacks may be called on to catch passes or to block for the quarterback during passing situations.

[countable, uncountable] one of the two attacking players in American football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs; the position a tailback plays at; See tailback in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary