2syllables
tailgate
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Definitions oftailgate
1noun
- A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
- The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
- Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
1verb
- To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
Example: "That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes."
- 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.
- (of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
- To have a tailgate party.
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