baglåge noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
bagsmæk noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
køre uden sikkerhedsafstand verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Dutch

3 entries

laadklep noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
bumperkleven verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
kleven verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Finnish

4 entries

alaportti noun (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock)
perälauta noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
peesata verb (to follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader)
roikkua perässä verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

French

4 entries

hayon noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
porte noun (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock)
vantail noun (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock)
coller verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

German

3 entries

Heckklappe noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
dicht auffahren verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
drängeln verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Irish

1 entries

clár deiridh noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)

Italian

1 entries

portellone noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)

Latin

1 entries

prope insequi verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Norman

1 entries

driéthe noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

bakluke noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

bakluke noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)

Polish

2 entries

siedzieć na ogonie verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
siedzieć na zderzaku verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Russian

4 entries

за́дний откидно́й борт noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
спускно́й шлюз noun (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock)
не соблюда́ть диста́нцию verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
не соблюсти́ диста́нцию verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Spanish

4 entries

puerta trasera noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
chupar rueda verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
conducir muy cerca de otro vehículo verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
conducir pegado a verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Swedish

2 entries

bakdörr noun (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)
slussport noun (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bám sát đuôi verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)
dí đít verb (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

Sample sentences

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Tom sat next to Mary on the tailgate.

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Don't tailgate, please.

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Don't tailgate this truck.

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Aggressive drivers who tailgate are a danger to the general public. Tailgating is basically a kind of road rage.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.