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1. (n.) tailgate
a board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., that can be removed or let down for loading or unloading.
2. tailgate
a style of playing the trombone, esp. in Dixieland jazz, distinguished esp. by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
3. (v.i.) tailgate
to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of another vehicle.
4. tailgate
to have a picnic on a tailgate, esp. of a station wagon.
5. (v.t.) tailgate
to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of (another vehicle).
6. (adj.) tailgate
set up on a tailgate or near an automobile, as in a parking lot:
a tailgate picnic.
Etymology: (1865–70, Amer.; (def.
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1. (verb) tailgate, tailboard
a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
2. (verb) tailgate
follow at a dangerously close distance
"it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle"
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