English

Noun

the tailgates of Camden Lock are in the foreground of this picture

tailgate ‎(plural tailgates)

1. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
2. (Britain) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
3. Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• (hatch at rear of vehicle): tailgate party

Related terms

• tradegate

Translations

See also

• tailgate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• security distance

Verb

“No tailgating” sign.

tailgate ‎(third-person singular simple present tailgates, present participle tailgating, simple past and past participle tailgated)

1. (automotive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.

   That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.

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.
3. (finance, of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
4. (US) to have a tailgate party

Synonyms

• (access control): piggyback, draft

Coordinate terms

• (buying or selling a security): front run

Translations

See also

• Tailgate (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia