nnoun.artifacta gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loadingSynset:tailboard
Part Holonyms:beach waggon beach wagon estate car station waggon station wagon waggon wagon motortruck truck
Hypernyms:gate
Inherited Hypernyms:tailgategatemovable barrierbarrierobstructionstructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.motionfollow at a dangerously close distanceExamples:- it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle
Derivationally Related Form:tailgater
Hypernyms:follow
Inherited Hypernyms:tailgatefollowtravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | These cars won't --- (apply to: tailgate)