tailgate

Meaning

Noun

1. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
2. (British) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
3. Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
4. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of tailgate party.
5. A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
2. To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.
3. To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
4. (US, intransitive) To have a tailgate party.

Synonyms

tailboard

tail-board

pygidium

Translations

Heckklappe

laadklep

dicht auffahren

fahren ohne Sicherheitsabstand

portellone

insequi

kleven

achterklep

bumperkleven

portão

guarda traseira

puerta trasera

conducir pegado a

chupar rueda

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/

Etymology

From tail + gate.