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Tail Gate

Definition: Tail Gate

Tail Gate

Noun

1. A gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Tail Gate

DomainDefinitions

Transportation

Porte arrière d'une familiale. . . . . --a board or gate at the rear end of a vehicle that can be removed or let down for convenience in loading. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms by domain: shovelling (transportation), tailboard.

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Use in Literature: Tail Gate

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He climbed over the tail gate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tail Gate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tail gate

30

tail gate lift

10

tail gate lock

9

truck tail gate

7

tail gate net

5

tail gate party

3

tail gate cover

2

tail gate grill

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tail Gate

Language Translations for "tail gate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

bagsmæk (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board), bagklap (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

achterschot (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board). (various references)

   

French

  

ridelle arrière (tail, tail board), panneau arrière (tail, tail board), hayon (tailboard, tail-board, tailgate). (various references)

   

German

  

Rückwand (backplane, end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board), Hinterwand (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οπίσθια πλευρά (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board), οπίσθιο τοίχωμα (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sponda posteriore (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board, tailgate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ailtay ategay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

taipal traseiro (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

guía de cabeza (supplies gate, supplies road, tailgate, top gate), frente de cabeza (tailgate, top gate), espaldera posterior (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board), compuerta trasera (end, end board, end gate rear board, shovelling board, tail, tail board, tailgate). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tail Gate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tailgate.

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-t-t"

-1 letter: agitate.

-2 letters: aiglet, gelati, ligate.

-3 letters: agate, agile, aglet, alate, algae, atilt, galea, latte, legit, taiga, telia, title.

-4 letters: alae, alga, alit, egal, gait, gala, gale, gate, gelt, geta, gilt, glia, ilea, late, lati, lite, tael, tail, tala, tale, tali, tate, teal, teat, tela, tile, tilt.

-5 letters: aal, aga, age, ail, ait, ala, ale, alt, ate, att, eat, eta, gae, gal, gat, gel, get, gie, git, lag, lat, lea, leg, lei, let, lie, lit, tae, tag, tat, tea, teg, tel, tet, tie, til, tit.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-t-t"
 

+1 letter: tailgated, tailgater, tailgates.

 

+2 letters: agitatedly, stalagmite, tailgaters, tangential.

 

+3 letters: acetylating, agglutinate, altercating, alternating, gestational, maltreating, retaliating, stalagmites, stalemating, strategical, tagliatelle, triangulate.

 

+4 letters: adulterating, agglutinated, agglutinates, alliterating, metagalactic, tagliatelles, tangentially, triangulated, triangulates, ultraheating, vegetational.

 

+5 letters: agglutinative, devastatingly, extragalactic, extrapolating, intercalating, intergalactic, multimegawatt, retranslating, straightlaced, strategically, teratological, thanatologies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tail Gate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 69 6C      47 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000111 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#105 &#108 &#32 &#71 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0069 006C      0047 0061 0074 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54677578241678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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