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- [teyl-geyt]
- /ˈteɪlˌgeɪt/
- /ˈteɪl.ɡeɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [teyl-geyt]
- /ˈteɪlˌgeɪt/
Definitions of tailgate word
- noun tailgate a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi. 1
- verb without object tailgate to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of another vehicle. 1
- verb with object tailgate to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of (another vehicle). 1
- adjective tailgate pertaining to or set up on a tailgate: a tailgate picnic before the football game. 1
- noun tailgate vehicle: board at back 1
- intransitive verb tailgate drive close behind a vehicle 1
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Origin of tailgate
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; tail1 + gate1
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Parts of speech for Tailgate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tailgate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tailgate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tailgate
verb tailgate
- accompany — If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
- bring up the rear — to be at the back in a procession, race, etc
- catenate — to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings
- cycling — any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
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