tailgate
noun
the board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.
were tailgating
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past progressiveof tailgate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Just five minutes later, Mr. Kohberger and his father were pulled over again, this time by an Indiana state trooper who also said that they were tailgating.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Hundreds more were tailgating across 16th Street — one of the two primary thoroughfares to the track.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2020
McAuliffe headed from the winery to the College of William & Mary, where dozens of Democratic volunteers were tailgating between a morning of door-knocking and the afternoon homecoming game against James Madison University.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
And they were tailgating en masse hours before the noon start.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2015
When I was pregnant, I was driving, and paparazzi were tailgating me.
From Time Magazine Archive
