tailgate

Definition of Tailgate in English :

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Noun

1. tailboard, tailgate

a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading

tailboard

Verb

2. tailgate

follow at a dangerously close distance

Example Sentences:
'it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tailgate

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noun

1. another name for tailboard

2.

a door at the rear of a hatchback vehicle

3.

a gate that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end of a lock

Compare headgate

verb

4.

to drive very close behind (a vehicle)

Tailgate

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noun

1.

a board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., designed to be removed or swung open on hinges for loading or unloading

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtailˌgated or ˈtailˌgating

2.

to drive too closely behind (another vehicle)

verb intransitive

3.

to drive too closely behind another vehicle

4.

to picnic at or near one's automobile or in a parking lot, as before a sporting event

Tailgate

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n.

1. A hinged part that extends across the rear of a pickup truck or other vehicle and can be folded down or to a horizontal position for loading and unloading.

2. One of the pair of gates downstream in a canal lock.

v. tail·gat·ed, tail·gat·ing, tail·gates

v.tr.

To drive so closely behind (another vehicle) that a collision is likely if that vehicle brakes suddenly.

v.intr.

1. To follow another vehicle too closely.

2. To participate in a tailgate party.

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