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tailgate
1[ teyl-geyt ]
noun
- the board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.
verb (used without object)
- to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of another vehicle.
verb (used with object)
- to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of (another vehicle).
adjective
- pertaining to or set up on a tailgate:
a tailgate picnic before the football game.
tailgate
2[ teyl-geyt ]
noun
- a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
tailgate
/ ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt /
noun
- another name for tailboard
- a door at the rear of a hatchback vehicle
verb
- to drive very close behind (a vehicle)
Derived Forms
- ˈtailˌgater, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tailgate2
Example Sentences
The goal is to create an in-game tailgate environment behind that end zone.
During that evidence he admitted escaping from Wandsworth Prison in London by hanging in a makeshift sling under a food delivery lorry, concealed by the tailgate.
Despite the country’s political polarization, many people in these tailgate groups weren’t even sure who their football friends were supporting.
But it had tailgating and built an intense connection between those who showed up, Stang said.
There are no door staff here, and I tailgated some residents through a starkly decorated lobby.
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