Tailgate definition

Tailgate

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WordNet

noun

(1) A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading

verb

(2) Follow at a dangerously close distance

"It is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle"

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English

Noun

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

Verb

To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle

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

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