tailgater

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tāl′gā′tər)

tail•gat•er¹ (tāl′gā′tər),USA pronunciation n.

tail•gat•er² (tāl′gā′tər),USA pronunciation n.

tail•gate¹ /ˈteɪlˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation n., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj.
n. [countable]

Transporta gate at the back of a wagon, truck, etc., that can be removed or let down for loading or unloading.

Transportto drive dangerously close to the rear of another vehicle: [no object]Some jerk behind us is tailgating.[~ + object]The truck tailgated the little car.
to have a picnic on a tailgate, esp. of a station wagon:[no object]tailgating before the big game.

adj. [before a noun]

set up on a tailgate or near an automobile, as in a parking lot:a tailgate picnic.

tail•gat•er, n. [countable]

tail•gate¹ (tāl′gāt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj.
n.

Transportthe 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.

v.i.

v.t.

adj.

pertaining to or set up on a tailgate:a tailgate picnic before the football game.

tail•gate² (tāl′gāt′),USA pronunciation n. [Jazz.]

Music and Dancea style of playing the trombone, esp. in Dixieland jazz, distinguished esp. by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.

so called from the usual seat of trombonists in trucks carrying musicians during a parade 1945–50

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