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tailgate
1[teyl-geyt]
noun
the board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.
verb (used without object)
to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of another vehicle.
verb (used with object)
to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of (another vehicle).
adjective
pertaining to or set up on a tailgate.
a tailgate picnic before the football game.
tailgate
2[teyl-geyt]
noun
a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
tailgate
/ ˈٱɪˌɡɪ /
noun
another name for tailboard
a door at the rear of a hatchback vehicle
verb
to drive very close behind (a vehicle)
Other Word Forms
- ˈٲˌٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tailgate2
Example Sentences
In response, Pancho Villa’s Army confined their band to their barracks and canceled their traditionally joyful pregame tailgate party Saturday.
He raised the tailgate, battened down the latches and headed for the cab.
Merseyside Police said a Ford Galaxy avoided a roadblock by tailgating an ambulance responding to reports of a member of the public having suffered a heart attack.
Earlier this month, Reform UK stood by a council candidate in Leicestershire over a racist post accusing black drivers of tailgating.
Some of Lambeau Field will be used for the draft, as will the surrounding tailgating areas.
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