tailgate
- Noun. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
- Noun. (British) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
- Noun. Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock. (rfex) .
- Verb. (automotive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
- Verb. 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.
- Verb. (finance) (qualifier, of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
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