tailgatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈteɪl.ɡeɪt/us/ˈteɪl.ɡeɪt/USUK tailboard the door or board at the back of a vehicle that can be brought down to put in goods
an occasion at which sports fans cook food and have drinks out of the back of their car in the car park before going in to watch a game
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The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- inner tube
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- vanity plates
- wing
- wing mirror
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tailgateverb
uk/ˈteɪl.ɡeɪt/us/ˈteɪl.ɡeɪt/[ I or T ] mainly US disapproving to drive too closely behind the vehicle in front
[ I ] US to cook food and have drinks out of the back of your car in the car park before going in to watch a game
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Pursuing
- be hot on sb's track/trail idiom
- be on sb's tail idiom
- bear
- bear down on sb/sth
- bring
- bring up the rear idiom
- convoy
- heel
- hot
- hound
- in hot pursuit idiom
- on the scent idiom
- pester
- pursue
- pursuer
- run
- scent
- stalk
- tag
- track
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Closeness in distance and time
tailgating
noun [ U ] uk/ˈteɪl.ɡeɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈteɪl.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪŋ/