tailgate

A noun referring to a gate or door at the back of a vehicle, such as a truck or SUV, that can be lowered or removed to facilitate loading and unloading.

• 🇩🇪Die heckseitige Klappe oder Bordwand eines Fahrzeugs wie eines Lastwagens oder Geländewagens, die zum Be- und Entladen heruntergeklappt oder abgenommen werden kann.

1. Vehicle gate B1 formal

   A gate or door at the back of a truck, van, or SUV that can be lowered or removed for loading and unloading.

   • He lowered the tailgate to load the furniture.
   • The pickup truck's tailgate was damaged in the accident.
   • She sat on the tailgate while watching the sunset.

   🇩🇪Heckklappe

   Synonyme: tailboard

• tailgates plural form
• tailgates' possessive plural form
• tailgate's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the act of driving too closely behind another vehicle, or the social activity of having a party or gathering in a vehicle's tailgate area, typically before a sports event.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das beschreibt, zu dicht hinter einem anderen Fahrzeug zu fahren, oder eine gesellige Zusammenkunft am Heck eines Autos, meist vor einem Sportereignis.

1. Follow too closely B2 informal

   To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle, reducing the safe stopping distance.

   • The car behind me was tailgating aggressively on the highway.
   • You should never tailgate in heavy rain or fog.
   • He got a ticket for tailgating the truck in front of him.

   🇩🇪Zu dicht auffahren

• tailgated past participle
• tailgated past simple
• tailgating present participle
• tailgates third person singular