tailgate

/teɪl,ɡeɪt/ nounverb
8 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1

A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading.

VERB
1

Follow at a dangerously close distance.

“it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle”

WORD FORMS
Related formtailgater
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinailgatetay
Starts & ends withT … E
Syllablestail · gate
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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