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Raretailgate
The correct spelling is tailgate.
How to pronounce tailgate
noun
IPA: /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/
Say it like: Tay-lga-te
The correct spelling is tailgate. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard. For example: "That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes."
Usage Examples
“That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
- 2.The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
- 3.Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
verb
- 1.To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
- 2.To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.
- 3.(of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
- 4.To have a tailgate party.
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