Tailgate

Definitions

1. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
2. Synonym of Monicagate.
3. The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
   British, especially
4. The downstream gate in the lock on a canal or river, or in an irrigation system.
5. Ellipsis of tailgate party.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
6. A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.

Equivalents

7 more languages

العربيةالباب الخلفي

Suomialaporttipeesataperälautaroikkua perässätakaluukku+ 2 more

Italianoportellone

Nederlandsbumperklevenklevenlaadklep

Polskisiedzieć na ogoniesiedzieć na zderzaku

Русскийза́дний откидно́й бортне соблюда́ть диста́нциюне соблюсти́ диста́нциюпроходить паровозикомспускно́й шлюз+ 2 more

Svenskabakdörr

Examples

“Drop the tailgate, please⟳, and I'll load⟳ these pallets.”

“When they first attached tailgates to cars, we were hooked. By the 1970s, wagons with names like⟳ Vista Cruiser and Town & Country sported tailgates as big as dining tables.”

“Open⟳ up the tailgate, please⟳, and retrieve her suitcases.”

“The locktender closed the tailgate and the chamber started to fill⟳.”

“Are you coming to the tailgate? We'll be grilling brisket.”

““You don’t want⟳ to be at a tailgate having fish⟳ and chips,” said Elanja O’Toole, who wore a San Diego Chargers jersey while her husband, Llian O’Toole, wore a St. Louis Rams jersey and face⟳ paint⟳.”

“The website was created by Harry St. John, a former college athlete who wanted to take⟳ the agony out of managing tailgates.”

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