Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hinged part that extends across the rear of a pickup truck or other vehicle and can be folded down or to a horizontal position for loading and unloading.
- noun One of the pair of gates downstream in a canal lock.
- intransitive verb To drive so closely behind (another vehicle) that one cannot stop or swerve with ease in an emergency.
- intransitive verb To follow another vehicle too closely.
- intransitive verb To participate in a tailgate party.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hinged board orhatch at the rear of avehicle that can be lowered forloading andunloading ; atailboard . - noun UK The hinged rear door of a
hatchback . - noun Either of the
downstream gates in acanal lock . - verb automotive To
drive dangerously close behind another vehicle - verb 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.
- verb finance (of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
- verb follow at a dangerously close distance
Etymologies
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Examples
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My tailgate is always up with a dead animal in the back.
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My tailgate is always up with a dead animal in the back.
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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.
Smoke Signals: Get your game grill on Jim Shahin 2010
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"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.
The Top Tailgating Towns Scott Bowen 2010
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"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.
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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.”
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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.”
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A tailgate is a precursor to the big game, so organize one.
The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005
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A tailgate is a precursor to the big game, so organize one.
The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005
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The tailgate is our last stand before we head to the game later, but we're looking sharp and the food is solid.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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