tailgate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: tail=gate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tailgate, n. & v.
--n.
1 esp. US a = TAILBOARD. b the tail door of an estate car or hatchback.
2 the lower end of a canal lock.
--v. US colloq.
1 intr. drive too closely behind another vehicle.
2 tr. follow (a vehicle) too closely.

Derivative

tailgater n.

THESAURUS

tailgate

around, bedog, chase, clasp, cling to, come after, come behind, dog, follow, follow close upon, go after, go behind, go with, hang about, heel, hound, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, keep close to, lie by, march with, move behind, pursue, shadow, stand by, stay inshore, stay near, string along, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, trail, trail after, tread close upon