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Definition of tailgate
1 : a board or gate at the rear of a vehicle that can be removed or let down (as for loading)
2 [from the custom of seating trombonists at the rear of trucks carrying jazz bands in parades] : a jazz trombone style marked by much use of slides to and from long sustained tones
3 US : tailgate party Nowadays, tailgates have evolved into mobile feasts: face-to-face social networks where complete strangers bond over food and drink, and everyone is eager to share. — Greg Ferro
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Also standard are leather upholstery, heated front seats and steering wheel, keyless entry and ignition, a hands-free tailgate function and a very good rear-view camera.
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Tailgate in the parking lot at Sun King Brewing Downtown before taking a short spin to Victory Field in time for the first pitch.
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Visually interesting details like the louvred tailgate spoiler and C-pillar rear door handles that haven't been hidden to the point of obscurity abound.
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SuperTailgate tips visitors off about a free-to-enter tailgate area.
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Busloads of fans are expected to fill the 4,000-seat stadium, and Christos old-timers are flying in for the game (not to mention the tailgate).
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Many gathered at local bars and took buses together to the tailgate.
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The pimento cheese revolution has turned one of my favorite tailgate spreads—and the only reason for mayonnaise to exist—into the latest trendy burger topping/chip dip.
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A chrome finisher connected the LED taillights across the tailgate.
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First Known Use of tailgate
1854
tailgate
Definition of tailgate
tailgated
;tailgating
intransitive verb
1 : to drive dangerously close behind another vehicle
2 US : to have a tailgate party
transitive verb
: to drive dangerously close behind
tailgater
nounExamples of tailgate in a Sentence
He hit the car in front of him because he was tailgating.
They started tailgating at 10 o'clock.
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To rude, immature drivers who bully others and endanger lives by tailgating.
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Kay Williams wasn't going to let a little rain damper her tailgating party before the Jimmy Buffett concert Tuesday night at The Wharf in Orange Beach, Ala.
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Hutson tailgated the blue car to the next main intersection, at Holmes Road, intending to say something to the other driver.
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Police said Constantine last year was swerving in and out of traffic, tailgating and forcing other cars to veer off I-84 in Portland.
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Illinois has more than 450,000 living alumni, according to its web site, some of whom plan to tailgate before rounds.
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In the last 10 years, Conorquie’s paid $2,090.55 in traffic ticket fines on violations such as operating without a license; speeding (70 mph in a 45 mph zone); tailgating; various equipment issues; and, most recently, failure to use care.
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Charming little invention in a former industrial area of the city about three miles east of Miller Park. • Thursday, 10:36 a.m., parking lot, Miller Park (before a 12:10 p.m. game): Hundreds, perhaps thousands, are tailgating.
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And, at least now, there’s plenty of room for tailgating.
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First Known Use of tailgate
1949
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Fortunately, college football fans are very generous with tailgate food, so I've been offered everything from gator to pig ear.
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Support CRS while watching the Lake Erie Crushers take on the Washington Wild Things at 7:05 p.m. Join CRS for a tailgate party before the game from 6 to 7 p.m. by the Brew Kettle tent on the third base side.
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Sloan hosts tailgate parties before spring training games and puts flusher handles on the beer taps.
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For many older soccer fans, tailgate parties were the lifeblood at old Minnesota Kicks matches at Metropolitan Stadium in the 1970s.
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By 4 p.m., three hours before kickoff, Mexico’s largest tailgate party was in full swing.
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Sidepath’s most recent efforts to encourage camaraderie have included hosting group of 55 employees and customers for a San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints game in October, complete with a tailgate party.
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And runs it into the end zone with her Hungry Fan lifestyle site (www.hungryfan.com), which brims with party plans, recipes, tailgate cooking gadgets and sports bar tips — and her own trademarked term to describe it all.
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First Known Use of tailgate
1962
Financial Definition of TAILGATE
tailgate
What It Is
Tailgating occurs when a broker buys or sells a security after doing the same for a client.
How It Works
Let's say John Doe is a broker for Jane Smith. Jane calls John and tells him she just saw a press release that Company XYZ is bringing in a new hot-shot CEO. She tells him to buy 5,000 shares of Company XYZ for her account. John executes the trade for Jane and then tailgates by buying another 5,000 shares for himself because he has been watching Company XYZ and agrees with Jane that the CEO change should be a good thing for the stockholders.
In some cases, brokers tailgate when the client's order is so large that its execution will affect the price of the security.
Why It Matters
Tailgating is not the same as frontrunning. In frontrunning, the broker executes the trade for his own account before executing the client's trade. In tailgating, the broker executes the trade for his own account after executing the client's trade. Frontrunning is illegal; tailgating is just in poor taste for many reasons, not the least of which is that the broker's job is to make money for his clients and know more than they do.
TAILGATE Defined for English Language Learners
tailgate
playDefinition of tailgate for English Language Learners
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: a door at the back of a vehicle (such as a station wagon or pickup truck) that opens downward and that can be lowered or removed to make it easier to load things into the vehicle
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Definition of tailgate for English Language Learners
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: to drive too closely behind another vehicle
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: to have a tailgate party
TAILGATE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of tailgate for Students
: a panel at the back end of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading
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