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tailgate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.

Meanings

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.
   • When they first attached tailgates to cars, we were hooked. By the 1970s, wagons with names like Vista Cruiser and Town & Country sported tailgates as big as dining tables. 2007, Stephen Linn, The Ultimate Tailgater's Racing Guide, →ISBN:
2. (UK, especially) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
   • Open up the tailgate, please, and retrieve her suitcases.
3. 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.
4. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of tailgate party.
   alt of tailgate party
   • Are you coming to the tailgate? We'll be grilling brisket.
   • “You don’t want to be at a tailgate having fish and chips,” said Elanja O’Toole, who wore a San Diego Chargers jersey while her husband, Llian O’Toole, wore a St. Louis Rams jersey and face paint. 2013 September 29, Ken Belson, “The Tailgate Experience, British Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021:
   • The website was created by Harry St. John, a former college athlete who wanted to take the agony out of managing tailgates. 2013 November 8, Nancy M. Better, “Tailgating Gets Online Playbooks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2019:
5. A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.

Forms

Antonyms

headgate

Coordinates

gatecrash · midgate · maingate

Deriveds

tailgate party

Hypernyms

watergate · water gate · sluice gate · gate

Synonyms

tailboard · hatch

Translations (24)

sv slussport (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock) · da bagsmæk (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · ca porta del darrere (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · fr porte (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock) · ga clár deiridh (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · cmn 後擋板 /后挡板 (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · sv bakdörr (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · fr hayon (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · fr vantail (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock) · da baglåge (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · fi perälauta (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · fi alaportti (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock) · de Heckklappe (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · ru за́дний откидно́й борт (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · es puerta trasera (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · nb bakluke (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · it portellone (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · ca porta posterior (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · bg долна врата на шлюз (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock) · nn bakluke (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · ru спускно́й шлюз (either of the downstream gates in a canal lock) · nl laadklep (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · bg заден капак (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle) · nrf driéthe (hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle)

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tailgate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
   • She also tailgated them at high speed in her convertible yellow Mercedes. 2002 October 19, Helen Carter, “That's no lady - that's the heiress who taunted neighbours”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021:
   • That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.
   • Last week the UK government announced a crackdown on unsafe driving. From now on, those of us spotted tailgating or lane hogging will face on-the-spot fines of £100 and three penalty points. 2013 August 19, Chris Chambers, “Bad driving: what are we thinking?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2021:
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.
   • An email circulated to ABC employees says Gallagher is believed to have tailgated staff walking through the building’s high-security doors. 2018 September 10, “ABC tightens Sydney security after man allegedly infiltrates building and assaults employee”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021:
3. (of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
4. (US, intransitive) To participate in a tailgate party.
   • “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.” 2007 September 13, Charlie Day & David Hornsby & Glenn Howerton, “The Gang Gets Invincible” (3:56 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day):
   • The point, Goldstein discovered through a lot of long days hanging out in parking lots, is that tailgating — the gustatory madness, the multigenerational camaraderie, the decked-out vans — is as essential a part of football as the game itself. 2013 September 29, Ken Belson, “The Tailgate Experience, British Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021:

Forms

Coordinates

front run

Deriveds

tailgater · homegate

Relateds

slipstream · draft · security distance

Synonyms

piggyback · draft

Translations (24)

la prope insequi (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · es conducir sin distancia de seguridad (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · ru проходить паровозиком (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) · es conducir muy cerca de otro vehículo (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · ru не соблюда́ть диста́нцию (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · ca enganxar-se (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · es conducir pegado a (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · fr coller aux basques (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · fi peesata (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) · nl kleven (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · de drängeln (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · vi dí đít (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · nl bumperkleven (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · de dicht auffahren (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · vi bám sát đuôi (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · da køre uden sikkerhedsafstand (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · pl siedzieć na ogonie (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · fi roikkua perässä (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · fr coller au train (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · fr coller (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · es chupar rueda (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · ru не соблюсти́ диста́нцию (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · pl siedzieć na zderzaku (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle) · fr coller au cul (drive dangerously close behind another vehicle)

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