"tailgater" meaning in All languages combined

See tailgater on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tailgaters [plural]
Etymology: From tailgate + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tailgate|er}} tailgate + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tailgater (plural tailgaters)
  1. One who tailgates (drives very close to the person ahead). Translations (one who drives very close to the person ahead): bumperklever [masculine] (Dutch), klever [masculine] (Dutch), perässäroikkuja (Finnish), häntäkärpänen (Finnish), takapuskurissa roikkuva (Finnish), takapuskurissa roikkuja (Finnish), Drängler [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-tailgater-en-noun-4nVaNacX Disambiguation of 'one who drives very close to the person ahead': 88 12
  2. One who participates in a tailgate party. Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-tailgater-en-noun-W8c7ZA7z Disambiguation of Automotive: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80

Inflected forms

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