tailgate

IPA: tˈeɪɫgeɪt

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.]

(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.

Examples of "tailgate" in Sentences

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.