tailgate

Meanings

1. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
2. The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
3. The downstream gate in the lock on a canal or river, or in an irrigation system.
4. Ellipsis of tailgate party.
5. A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.

1. To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
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. To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
4. To have a tailgate party.

1. Synonym of Monicagate.

Etymology

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.