Tailgate
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Noun
Tailgate (plural Tailgates)- A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
- (UK) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
- Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
Derived terms
- (hatch at rear of vehicle): tailgate party
Related terms
Verb
File:Tailgate.jpg
“No tailgating” sign.
Tailgate (third-person singular simple present Tailgates, present participle tailgating, simple past and past participle tailgated)
- (automotive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
- That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.
- 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.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (buying or selling a security): front run
Thesaurus
around, bedog, chase, clasp, cling to, come after, come behind, dog, follow, follow close upon, go after, go behind, go with, hang about, heel, hound, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, keep close to, lie by, march with, move behind, pursue, shadow, stand by, stay inshore, stay near, string along, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, trail, trail after, tread close upon
Etymology
File:2003 Cadillac Escalade EXT bed.JPG
a pickup truck with an open tailgate
Pronunciation
Translations
Noun
hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle
See also
Verb
drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
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See also
- 15px Tailgating on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Tailgating
- 15px Front running (tailgating) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Front running#Tailgating
