tailgate

Meanings

Noun

• A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
• The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
• Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.

Verb

• 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.
• To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
• To have a tailgate party.

Origin

• From tail + gate.