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Definition: Tail Gate |
Tail GateNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
| Synonyms by domain: shovelling (transportation), tailboard. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He climbed over the tail gate. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 69 6C      47 61 74 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000111 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a i l   G a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0069 006C      0047 0061 0074 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54677578241678671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Fiction 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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