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TAILGATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tailgater mean?
• TAILGATER (noun)
The noun TAILGATER has 1 sense:
1. a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle
Familiarity information: TAILGATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tailgater" is a kind of...):
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
Derivation:
tailgate (follow at a dangerously close distance)
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