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tailgate party

tailgate party noun: a celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or pickup trucks; usually held at sporting events.

tailgate party: a celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or...
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Noun

tailgate party (plural tailgate parties)

  1. A celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or pickup trucks; usually held at sporting events.
    Synonyms:
    tailgate, tailgating

Synonyms of tailgate party

Forms of tailgate party

pluraltailgate parties

Questions about tailgate party

What does tailgate party mean?
Tailgate party means a celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or pickup trucks; usually held at sporting events.
What part of speech is tailgate party?
Tailgate party is a noun.
What is the plural of tailgate party?
The plural of tailgate party is tailgate parties.

Words near tailgate party in the dictionary

  1. tailflower
  2. tailflowers
  3. tailforemost
  4. tailgate
  5. tailgate parties
  6. tailgate party
  7. tailgated
  8. tailgater
  9. tailgaters
  10. tailgates
  11. tailgating

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