tailgate

== English == === Alternative forms === tail-gate, tail gate === Etymology === From tail +‎ gate. Compare liftgate. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/ === Noun === tailgate (plural tailgates) (automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading. Synonym: tailboard (especially British) The hinged rear door of a hatchback. Synonym: hatch The downstream gate in the lock on a canal or river, or in an irrigation system. Antonym: headgate Hypernyms: sluice gate, watergate, water gate < gate (US) Ellipsis of tailgate party. (mining) A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine. Coordinate term: maingate ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tailgate (third-person singular simple present tailgates, present participle tailgating, simple past and past participle tailgated) (automotive, intransitive, transitive) 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. Synonyms: piggyback, draft (finance, of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client. Coordinate term: front run (US, intransitive) To have a tailgate party. ==== Derived terms ==== tailgater ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== security distance draft slipstream === Further reading === tailgate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia piggybacking (security) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tailgating on Wikipedia.Wikipedia