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tailgate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tailgate has 1 sense
- tailgate(n = noun.artifact) tailboard - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading; Array is a part of beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon, motortruck, truck
is a kind of gate
Verb tailgate has 1 sense
- tailgate(v = verb.motion) Array - follow at a dangerously close distance; "it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle" is one way to follow
Derived form noun tailgater1
Sample sentence:
These cars won't tailgate
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tailgate, n. & v.
--n.
1 esp. US a = TAILBOARD. b the tail door of an estate car or hatchback.
2 the lower end of a canal lock.
--v. US colloq.
1 intr. drive too closely behind another vehicle.
2 tr. follow (a vehicle) too closely.
--n.
1 esp. US a = TAILBOARD. b the tail door of an estate car or hatchback.
2 the lower end of a canal lock.
--v. US colloq.
1 intr. drive too closely behind another vehicle.
2 tr. follow (a vehicle) too closely.
Derivative
tailgater n.
THESAURUS
tailgate
around, bedog, chase, clasp, cling to, come after, come behind, dog, follow, follow close upon, go after, go behind, go with, hang about, heel, hound, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, keep close to, lie by, march with, move behind, pursue, shadow, stand by, stay inshore, stay near, string along, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, trail, trail after, tread close upon
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