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.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее дверцу или борт в задней части транспортного средства, такого как грузовик или внедорожник, который можно опустить или снять для облегчения погрузки и разгрузки.

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.

   🇷🇺Задний борт

   Synonyms: 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.

• 🇷🇺Глагол, используемый для описания езды слишком близко за другим транспортным средством, или общественного мероприятия — вечеринки или сбора в зоне заднего борта автомобиля, обычно перед спортивным событием.

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.

   🇷🇺Ехать слишком близко

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