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