Jump to content

spillback

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From spill +‎ back.

Noun

[edit]

spillback (countable and uncountable, plural spillbacks)

  1. The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.
  2. (epidemiology) The spread of an infectious pathogen from humans to non-human animals.

Anagrams

[edit]