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Tailgate

name, noun, verb

Proper Noun

Noun

1
A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
"Drop the tailgate, please, and I'll load these pallets."
2
a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading wordnet
3
The hinged rear door of a hatchback. British, especially
"Open up the tailgate, please, and retrieve her suitcases."
4
The downstream gate in the lock on a canal or river, or in an irrigation system.
"The locktender closed the tailgate and the chamber started to fill."
5
Ellipsis of tailgate party. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"Are you coming to the tailgate? We'll be grilling brisket."

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Verb

1
To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle. intransitive, transitive
"That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes."
2
follow at a dangerously close distance wordnet
3
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.
"An email circulated to ABC employees says Gallagher is believed to have tailgated staff walking through the building’s high-security doors."
4
To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
5
To have a tailgate party. US, intransitive
"“Hey, what are you guys doing?” “Dude, we're gonna tailgate the tryouts.” “Oh, shit. That's a good idea. Oh, you gonna bust out Green Man, bro?” “No. No Green Man.” “What's Green Man?” “Well, in high school, Charlie was like our school mascot.” “A mascot nobody wanted. He'd get wasted and dress in this green spandex bodysuit.” “Spandex?” “It was really sad.” “That's it.” “You gotta bring the Green Man suit.” “Yeah, no. Done with it.” “The spandex.” “Green Man was good. It got me through some hard times. But I'm done with it. Tell you what. You can wear it if you want, but I'm just gonna be relaxing, okay? This is gonna be about chilling out for me.” “No. This is gonna be exactly like Woodstock.”"

Etymology 1

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.

Etymology 2

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.

Etymology 3

From tail + -gate, with reference to tail (“sexual intercourse”), as a pun on tailgate.

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