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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant la porte ou le panneau situé à l'arrière d'un véhicule, comme un camion ou un SUV, qui peut s'abaisser ou se retirer pour faciliter le chargement et le déchargement.

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.

   🇫🇷Hayon arrière

   Synonymes: 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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour décrire le fait de conduire trop près du véhicule qui précède, ou une activité sociale — une fête ou un rassemblement à l'arrière d'un véhicule, généralement avant un événement sportif.

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.

   🇫🇷coller au pare-chocs

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