tailgate
IPA: tˈeɪɫgeɪt
noun
- A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
- (Britain) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
- Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
- Synonym of Monicagate
- (US) Ellipsis of tailgate party. [A celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or pickup trucks.]
verb
- (automotive, intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
- 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.
- (finance, of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
- (US, intransitive) To have a tailgate party.
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Examples of "tailgate" in Sentences
- None give an excuse to tailgate.
- A power tailgate is also adopted.
- But it is not an excuse to tailgate.
- A side opening rear tailgate was standard.
- A tailgate for a rear loading refuse vehicle.
- The tailgate is also referred to as the hatch.
- A power actuated elevating tailgate mechanism.
- A tailgate loader for a vehicle such as a truck.
- Is the spinster tailgating someone or being tailgated
- My tailgate is always up with a dead animal in the back.
- A tailgate is a precursor to the big game, so organize one.
- The tailgate is our last stand before we head to the game later, but we're looking sharp and the food is solid.
- "It's an honor to be invited into someone's home to eat, and the tailgate is the home brought to the parking lot," he says.
- In our Road Test of the crossover SUV, we noted that “many testers complained about the tailgate, which is awkward to grasp and heavy to lift and lower.”
- With months to go in tailgate season, if you are decked out from head-to-toe in team regalia but feel there’s still something missing, maybe what you need is a gargantuan rig shaped exactly like a football.