Tailgate

Noun

 * 1) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
 * 2)  The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
 * 3) Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.

Derived terms

 * tailgate party

Related terms

 * tradegate

Verb



 * 1)  To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
 * That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) (finance)  To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.

Synonyms

 * piggyback, draft

Coordinate terms

 * front run

Thesaurus
around, bedog, chase, clasp, cling to, come after, come behind, dog, follow, follow close upon, go after, go behind, go with, hang about, heel, hound, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, keep close to, lie by, march with, move behind, pursue, shadow, stand by, stay inshore, stay near, string along, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, trail, trail after, tread close upon

Noun

 * Dutch: laadklep
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: puerta trasera


 * Finnish: alaportti

Verb

 * Dutch: bumperkleven,


 * Finnish: roikkua perässä