tailgate

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• UK, US: /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: T EY1 L G EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From tail + -gate, with reference to tail (“sexual intercourse”), as a pun on tailgate.

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: заден капак (zaden kapak) — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Catalan: porta posterior — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Catalan: porta del darrere — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 後擋板 /后挡板 (hòudǎngbǎn) — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Danish: bagsmæk — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Danish: baglåge — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Dutch: laadklep — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Finnish: perälauta — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• French: hayon — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• German: Heckklappe — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Irish: clár deiridh — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Italian: portellone — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Norman: driéthe — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakluke — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakluke — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Russian: за́дний откидно́й борт (zádnij otkidnój bort) — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Spanish: puerta trasera — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Swedish: bakdörr — hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
• Bulgarian: долна врата на шлюз (dolna vrata na šljuz) — either of the downstream gates in a canal lock
• Finnish: alaportti — either of the downstream gates in a canal lock
• French: vantail — either of the downstream gates in a canal lock
• French: porte — either of the downstream gates in a canal lock
• Russian: спускно́й шлюз (spusknój šljuz) — either of the downstream gates in a canal lock
• Swedish: slussport — either of the downstream gates in a canal lock
• Catalan: enganxar-se — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Danish: køre uden sikkerhedsafstand — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Dutch: bumperkleven — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Dutch: kleven — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Finnish: roikkua perässä — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• French: coller — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• French: coller aux basques — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• French: coller au train — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• French: coller au cul — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• German: dicht auffahren — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• German: drängeln — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Latin: prope insequi — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Polish: siedzieć na ogonie — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Polish: siedzieć na zderzaku — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Russian: не соблюда́ть диста́нцию (ne sobljudátʹ distánciju) — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Russian: не соблюсти́ диста́нцию (ne sobljustí distánciju) — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Spanish: chupar rueda — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Spanish: conducir pegado a — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Spanish: conducir muy cerca de otro vehículo — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Spanish: conducir sin distancia de seguridad — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Vietnamese: bám sát đuôi — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Vietnamese: dí đít — drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
• Finnish: peesata — to follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader
• Russian: проходить паровозиком (proxoditʹ) — to follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader