Definition of Tailgater

1. Noun. A driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle.

Generic synonyms: Driver
Derivative terms: Tailgate

Definition of Tailgater

1. Noun. One who tailgates (drives very close to the person ahead). ¹

2. Noun. One who participates in a tailgate party. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tailgater

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailgater

tailenders
tailer
taileron
tailerons
tailers
tailfan
tailfans
tailfin
tailfins
tailflower
tailgate
tailgate-party
tailgate parties
tailgate party
tailgated
tailgater (current term)
tailgaters
tailgates
tailgating
tailgut
tailhead
tailheads
tailings
taillamp
taillamps
taille
tailles
tailless
tailless tenrec

Literary usage of Tailgater

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Traffic Safety and the Driver by Leonard Evans (1991)
"The tailgater's need to share attention between the merging and following tasks ... If I am tailgated on a freeway entrance ramp I monitor the tailgater, ..."

2. Traffic Safety and the Driver by Leonard Evans (1991)
"The tailgater's need to share attention between the merging and following tasks ... If I am tailgated on a freeway entrance ramp I monitor the tailgater, ..."

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