TAILGATE


Meaning of TAILGATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ teɪlgeɪt ]

( tailgates, tailgating, tailgated)

1.

A tailgate is a door at the back of a truck or car, that is hinged at the bottom so that it opens downwards.

N-COUNT

2.

If you tailgate someone, you drive very closely behind them.

Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate...

Police pulled him over doing 120km/h, making rapid changes and tailgating.

VERB : V n , V

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