tailgate

1. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.

   Drop the tailgate, please, and I'll load these pallets.

   Heckklappe

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

2. (UK, especially)The hinged rear door of a hatchback.

   Open up the tailgate, please, and retrieve her suitcases.

3. The downstream gate in the lock on a canal or river, or in an irrigation system.

   The locktender closed the tailgate and the chamber started to fill.

   спускно́й шлюзspusknój šljuz

4. A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.

1. Tom sat next to Mary on the tailgate.

   deTom setzte sich neben Maria auf den Kofferraum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom was tailgating the car in front of him.

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3. Tom kept tailgating the car in front of us even though I told him it was unsafe to do so.

   deObwohl ich ihm gesagt hatte, dass es gefährlich wäre, hörte Tom nicht auf, dem Wagen vor uns an der Stoßstange zu kleben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Don't tailgate this truck.

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5. Don't tailgate, please.

   deBitte drängle nicht! — brauchinet

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