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tailback

 
Dictionary: tail·back   (tāl'băk') pronunciation
 
n. Football.

The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (football) the person who plays tailback

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


 
Translations: Tailback
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bilkø

Nederlands (Dutch)
file

Français (French)
n. - (GB) bouchon, ralentissement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stau

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ουρά οχημάτων που σχηματίζεται πριν από κυκλοφοριακό εμπόδιο

Italiano (Italian)
ingorgo di traffico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - congestionamento (m) de tráfego

Русский (Russian)
длинная очередь автомашин, "пробка"

Español (Spanish)
n. - caravana, hilera de autos que se mueve lentamente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bilkö

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大排长龙的车子, 橄榄球拖后的后卫

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大排長龍的車子, 橄欖球拖後的後衛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (미식축구) 후위, (사고로) 밀린 차량의 줄

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - テールバック, 渋滞している車の列

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طابور ألسير يمتد ألى ألوراء تخلصا من ألعوائق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פקק-דרכים, שורת מכוניות‬


 
 

 

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