Complete Definition of "tailgate"

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English
Image:2003 Cadillac Escalade EXT bed.JPG|thumb|a pickup truck with an open tailgate
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�teɪl�geɪt/

Noun
en-noun

  1. a hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard
  2. either of the downstream gates in a canal lock

Verb
en-verb|tailgat|ing

  1. To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle

#:*That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.

Derived terms
tailgate party
Related terms
tradegate
See also
hatchback

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