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tail⋅gate

1  [teyl-geyt] noun, verb, -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. the board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.
–verb (used without object)
2. to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of another vehicle.
–verb (used with object)
3. to follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of (another vehicle).
–adjective
4. pertaining to or set up on a tailgate: a tailgate picnic before the football game.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; tail 1 + gate
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tail⋅gate

2  [teyl-geyt]
–noun Jazz.
a style of playing the trombone, esp. in Dixieland jazz, distinguished esp. by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
Origin:
1945–50; so called from the usual seat of trombonists in trucks carrying musicians during a parade
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tail·gate   (tāl'gāt')   
n.  
  1. A hinged board or closure at the rear of a vehicle, such as a pick-up truck, that can be lowered during loading and unloading. Also called tailboard.
  2. One of the pair of gates downstream in a canal lock.
v.   tail·gat·ed, tail·gat·ing, tail·gates

v.   tr.
  1. To drive so closely behind (another vehicle) that one cannot stop or swerve with ease in an emergency.
  2. Slang To follow closely behind (another person), as in gaining access to an area requiring the use of an electronic identification card.
v.   intr.
  1. To follow another vehicle too closely.
  2. To participate in a picnic that is served from the tailgate of a vehicle, as before a sports event.
tail'gat'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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tailgate  (n.)
1868, back panel on a wagon, hinged to swing down and open, from tail + gate. Extended by 1950 to hatchback door on an automobile. The verb meaning "to drive too close behind another vehicle" is from 1951; tailgate party "party or picnic at the open tail-gate of a parked car" is attested from 1970.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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