Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.
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- noun A
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- noun (American football) the person who plays tailback
- noun (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage
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Examples
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With good depth, experience and talent, the only question at tailback is who's going to start?
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(AP) - Branden Ore hasn't had the year he or Virginia Tech expected, but the Hokies tailback is hitting his stride at the right time.
USATODAY.com - College Football - Miami vs. Virginia Tech 2006
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The junior tailback is eligible to enter the NFL draft after this season and he'd likely be a first-round pick.
USATODAY.com - College Football - Iowa St. vs. Oklahoma 2006
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The junior tailback is now the fourth running back in school history with two 200-yard performances in a season.
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The senior tailback is the first Blue Devil to rush for at least
USATODAY.com 2003
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The senior tailback is the first Blue Devil to rush for at least
USATODAY.com 2003
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Tailback Walter Reyes credits Terry's blocking that year for the reason the tailback was able to run for seventeen touchdowns.
USATODAY.com 2005
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LeSean McCoy, since McCoy tweeted that Umenyiora was "overrated" and "soft," and Umenyiora dubbed the tailback " Lady Gaga."
NYDN Rss EBENEZER SAMUEL 2011
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LeSean McCoy, since McCoy tweeted that Umenyiora was "overrated" and "soft," and Umenyiora dubbed the tailback " Lady Gaga."
NYDN Rss EBENEZER SAMUEL 2011
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He has played fullback and tailback, which is good to see.
chained_bear commented on the word tailback
"Piping takes a vast amount of mental time, and some occupations are better for this than others: policemen used to say traffic duty was just grand for the purpose. Indeed a famous Hebridean piper/policeman banished to a busy city junction because he hadn't arrested anybody for years ('Well,' he said, 'how would you like to be arrested?') used to produce spectacular tailbacks on a Saturday afternoon."
—William Donaldson, Pipers: A Guide to the Players and Music of the Highland Bagpipe (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), 2
July 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word tailback
"A man in Germany discovered the dangers of driving an open-top car when an envelope containing 23,000 euros (£20,600) blew off the back seat.
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Police closed the road in both directions for half an hour to search for the missing money. All but 3,000 euros was recovered.
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The motorway closure caused long tailbacks in both directions."
- German motorway strewn with notes, BBC website, 15 May 2009.
May 15, 2009