Antonyms for tailgate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : teyl-geyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪlˌgeɪt

Definition of tailgate

Origin : 1868, back panel on a wagon, hinged to swing down and open, from tail (n.) + gate (n.). Extended by 1950 to hatchback door on an automobile. The verb meaning "to drive too close behind another vehicle" is from 1951; tailgate party "party or picnic at the open tail-gate of a parked car" is attested from 1961.

As in accompany : verb go or be with something
As in drive : verb moving, controlling a vehicle
As in follow : verb trail, pursue physically

Example sentences :

The hounds were snapping furiously as they tried to leap over the tailgate.
Extract from : « Collectivum » by Mike Lewis

On the tailgate was spread, three times a day, the jolly good meals that pioneer mothers knew how to cook.
Extract from : « Strange Stories of the Great Valley » by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor

There was a tailgate lowered, forming a ramp; above it, the huge double doors opened on a cavern of blackness.
Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson

Synonyms for tailgate

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