tollgate verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To furnish (a road) with a tollgate. •To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government. noun1 •A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paidColonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates. — 2019 formstollgated · tollgating · tollgates