tailgaten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/

Etymology: < tail n.¹ + gate n.¹

A. n.

1. The lower gate or pair of gates of a canal-lock; the aft-gate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice

hatchOE

clowa1250

lock1261

water lock1261

sluice1340

water gate1390

sewer-gate1402

spay1415

floodgatec1440

shuttlec1440

spayer1450

gate1496

falling gate1524

spoye1528

gote1531

penstock1542

ventil1570

drawgate1587

flood-hatch1587

turnpike1623

slaker1664

lock gate1677

hatchway1705

flash1768

turnpike-lock1771

sluice-gate1781

pound-lock1783

stop-gate1790

buck gate1791

slacker1797

aboiteau1802

koker1814

guard-lock1815

falling sluice1819

lasher1840

fender1847

tailgate1875

weir-hatch1875

wicket1875

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1342/2 The head-gate..[and]..the tail-gate; the two, with the side-walls, inclose the lock-chamber.

1983 G. Swift Waterland v. 29 The lighters are approaching. Dick is opening the tail-gates.

2. A tail-board or back on a wagon, lorry, etc., hinged or removable to facilitate the loading of goods; a hatchback door on a car. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > board at back

tail-board1807

tailgate1868

end-gate1873

stern-board1887

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > other parts

centre plate1717

bumper1838

running-board1858

bonnet1889

bull bar1891

possum belly1904

tailgate1909

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > lifting rear panel

lift-gate1948

tailgate1956

hatchback1970

hatch1978

1868 Oregon State Jrnl. 28 Nov. 2/3 The whole charge..[passed] through the tailgate of the wagon.

1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxxiii. 345 The two were picking near together and throwing corn over the tail-gate of the wagon.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tail gate,..a heavy wooden panel pivoted to the end of a railroad car to form an incline from the car bottom to the rails.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 246 The wagon moved gradually backward until the head of the first horse was snubbed up to the tail-gate.

1956 New Yorker 1 Dec. 196/2 This year's crop of friction-motor automobiles includes..a ten-inch Country Squire station wagon, with a tail gate that can be opened and closed.

1963 Guardian 13 Mar. 5/4 The one-piece tailgate, which is counter-balanced, rises to 5 ft. 10 in. from the ground, providing protection for both load and loader against the rain.

1967 Financial Times 21 Apr. 9/8 Hi-pope vertical tailgate equipment for fitting to lorries.

1974 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 10/7 The styling is angular, but pleasant, and features a large rear tailgate for access to the luggage compartment behind the rear seats.

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xv. 309 She felt her way along the truck toward the tailgate.

1980 Times 28 May 3/1 BL's long-awaited new small car, the Mini Metro,..is a front-wheel-drive model with two side doors and a tailgate.

B. adj.

1. Used to designate a style of jazz trombone playing characterized by improvisation in the manner of the early New Orleans musicians. [ < the traditional position of the trombonist at the rear of the wagon in parades, etc.]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [adjective] > trombone technique

tailgate1946

1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets ii. 32 Long glissandi..heard in the ‘tailgate’ or circus-style trombone of jazz.

1959 R. Gant World in Jug 26 Vic was our trombonist... He had a real tailgate style—that comes from the days when the trombonist sat at the back of the wagon so that he did not push out the eyes of the other bandsmen.

1973 Times 25 Jan. 18/6 It needed the utmost in timing and execution, as many would-be tailgate trombonists have since proved by default.

2. Applied to refreshment stops, etc., made during the course of a journey or outing and arranged at the open tailgate of a parked car.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [adjective]

picnic1802

Gypsy1816

picnicking1842

picnic-ish1854

picnicky1870

packed1906

brown bag1947

take-with1951

tailgate1970

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 29/3 (advt.) The game has become secondary to a potlatch ceremony called tailgate picknicking... This..requires that the host participants outdo their neighbours in the quality and variety of food and drink and the elegance of serving accessories.

1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 102/2 Tailgate picnics, whiskey sours in the stadium, and the general complexity of the sport guarantee that nobody knows what is going on.

Draft additions December 2022

tailgate party n. North American a party typically held in the car park of a stadium before a sports event (often a football game), and at which food and drink are served at the open tailgate of a motor vehicle.

ΘΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties

play-party1796

tail1837

surprise-party1840

street party1845

costume party1850

pound party1869

all-nighter1870

neighbourhood party1870

simcha1874

ceilidh1875

studio party1875

pounding1883

house party1885

private function1888

shower1893

kitchen shower1896

kitchen evening1902

bottle party1903

pyjama party1910

block party1919

house party1923

after-party1943

slumber party1949

office party1950

freeload1952

hukilau1954

BYOB1959

pot party1959

bush party1962

BYO1965

wrap party1978

bop1982

warehouse party1988

rave1989

1958 Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana) 6 Aug. 12/3 The wool stadium coat is the college man's best friend... It sees him through football games and station-wagon tailgate parties.

2022 @StLouligans 25 June in twitter.com (accessed 1 July 2022) Tailgate party starts at 4, game kicks off at 7. Bring a friend.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2022).

tailgatev.

Etymology: < tailgate n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtail-gate.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. intransitive. To drive too close behind another vehicle.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > drive close behind

tailgate1962

1962 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge Murder has its Points xiv. 160 The police car they followed knew its way, and Weigand tail-gated.

1964 Punch 23 Sept. 442/3 ‘Don't tailgate!’.. meaning don't drive on the other man's tail.

1976 Good Motoring May 32/1 In the dangerous sphere of motorway driving, for example, they would not tailgate at speeds where if the man in front stopped suddenly they could not..help but stop in exactly the same place on the road.

[see 'Implied in' only applies when the target is a quotation]. [see 'Implied in' only applies when the target is a quotation].

2. transitive. To follow (a motor vehicle) excessively closely in another vehicle.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > drive closely behind

slipstream1960

tailgate1967

1967 Lebende Sprachen 12 73/2 The use of the verb (which is a recent accession) no longer requires that the car ahead does in fact have a tailgate. One can tailgate a VW.

1968 National Observer (U.S.) 8 Apr. 5/4 Negro cabbie John W. Smith, whose arrest for ‘tailgating’ a police car..helped spark five days of rioting.., was found guilty of assaulting a policeman.

1970 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 25 The cruise cars are programmed on an intricate shuttle, one tailgating the other, so that no more than 20 seconds can..pass between a radio alarm and the arrival of a car.

1982 H. Kissinger Years of Upheaval vii. 228 We took off in a motorcade traveling at a speed of close to 100 miles per hour with cars tailgating each other.

3. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > follow at short intervals

tailgate1977

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 May 618/3 Pictures tailgate each other, wall to wall, and floor to ceiling, in the authentic eighteenth-century manner.

1978 Sat. Night (Toronto) Apr. 5/2 One takeover scenario has tailgated another: in 1969 it was Time Inc. muscling in.

Derivatives

ˈtailgater n.

ΚΠ

1968 H. McCloy Mr. Splitfoot (1969) xvii. 195 Another car passed him and slipped in between his car and Folly's. One of those eager tailgaters who cannot bear to see a few inches between two cars ahead of them.

1978 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 Jan. 2/1 A spider on the boot is a lot less dangerous than a tailgater on the bumper bar.

ˈtailgating n.

ΚΠ

1951 Amer. Speech 26 309/1 Tail-gating, part. phr., a bad practice of following too close to the tail gate of the truck ahead.

1955 Amer. Speech 30 93 Twenty-two..[lorry] drivers agreed that tailgating means riding too closely behind the vehicle ahead.

1957 How to Drive (Amer. Auto. Assoc.) viii. 71 Expressway ‘tailgating’ is suicidal.

1970 V. Johnston Phantom Cottage xxi. 160 ‘So if you will just let me keep following your car—.’.. ‘All right. But no tailgating.’

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 8/6 In informal testing by The Observer, a Cyberlite appeared to reduce ‘tail-gating’ behind the test vehicle.

1980 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 21 May 1/1 In a statement today the AA said poor driving, including the ‘often fatal practice of “tailgating”’, was responsible for a big increase in serious accidents.

Draft additions September 2013

intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To host or attend a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game). Cf. earlier tailgate v..

ΚΠ

1968 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 66 The Giants might gain new support..if they moved to a new stadium that offered fans a chance to tailgate.

1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. 10 ‘We love the Bucs and we love to tailgate,’ Walter Watson said. ‘Tailgating is part of the game.’

2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 9 The weather is a factor too: in the South, it doesn't get particularly cold until December, so fans can tailgate comfortably for most of football season.

Draft additions September 2013

tailgating n. originally and chiefly U.S. the action or practice of hosting or attending a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game).

ΚΠ

1962 Boston Globe 28 Oct. 66 (caption) Definitely Dartmouth was Peter Freeman of Weston, sharing a bit of tailgating with Dee and Ann Austin of Arlington.

1981 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 29 Sept. 11/4 Coney Island Sauce, Mulled Tomato Broth and Chicken and Chilies Cheese Ball, pictured at left, are good choices for tailgating.

2007 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 7 Oct. w1 The lack of parking, particularly at older in-town stadiums built at a time when fans and students walked to the game, is a damper on tailgating.

Draft additions September 2019

tailgater n. originally and chiefly U.S. a person who hosts or attends a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game).

ΚΠ

1962 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. 36/3 Picnic baskets with all kinds of goodies will be in profusion among the tailgaters.

2018 USA Today (Nexis) 29 Oct. (Chase ed.) (Sports section) 1 c The parking lots surrounding Heinz Field were packed with tailgaters, grilling burgers and hot dogs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tailgate
释义	tailgaten.adj. Brit. /ˈteɪlɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/ Etymology: < tail n.¹ + gate n.¹ A. n. 1. The lower gate or pair of gates of a canal-lock; the aft-gate. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice hatchOE clowa1250 lock1261 water lock1261 sluice1340 water gate1390 sewer-gate1402 spay1415 floodgatec1440 shuttlec1440 spayer1450 gate1496 falling gate1524 spoye1528 gote1531 penstock1542 ventil1570 drawgate1587 flood-hatch1587 turnpike1623 slaker1664 lock gate1677 hatchway1705 flash1768 turnpike-lock1771 sluice-gate1781 pound-lock1783 stop-gate1790 buck gate1791 slacker1797 aboiteau1802 koker1814 guard-lock1815 falling sluice1819 lasher1840 fender1847 tailgate1875 weir-hatch1875 wicket1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1342/2 The head-gate..[and]..the tail-gate; the two, with the side-walls, inclose the lock-chamber. 1983 G. Swift Waterland v. 29 The lighters are approaching. Dick is opening the tail-gates. 2. A tail-board or back on a wagon, lorry, etc., hinged or removable to facilitate the loading of goods; a hatchback door on a car. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > board at back tail-board1807 tailgate1868 end-gate1873 stern-board1887 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > other parts centre plate1717 bumper1838 running-board1858 bonnet1889 bull bar1891 possum belly1904 tailgate1909 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > lifting rear panel lift-gate1948 tailgate1956 hatchback1970 hatch1978 1868 Oregon State Jrnl. 28 Nov. 2/3 The whole charge..[passed] through the tailgate of the wagon. 1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxxiii. 345 The two were picking near together and throwing corn over the tail-gate of the wagon. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tail gate,..a heavy wooden panel pivoted to the end of a railroad car to form an incline from the car bottom to the rails. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 246 The wagon moved gradually backward until the head of the first horse was snubbed up to the tail-gate. 1956 New Yorker 1 Dec. 196/2 This year's crop of friction-motor automobiles includes..a ten-inch Country Squire station wagon, with a tail gate that can be opened and closed. 1963 Guardian 13 Mar. 5/4 The one-piece tailgate, which is counter-balanced, rises to 5 ft. 10 in. from the ground, providing protection for both load and loader against the rain. 1967 Financial Times 21 Apr. 9/8 Hi-pope vertical tailgate equipment for fitting to lorries. 1974 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 10/7 The styling is angular, but pleasant, and features a large rear tailgate for access to the luggage compartment behind the rear seats. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xv. 309 She felt her way along the truck toward the tailgate. 1980 Times 28 May 3/1 BL's long-awaited new small car, the Mini Metro,..is a front-wheel-drive model with two side doors and a tailgate. B. adj. 1. Used to designate a style of jazz trombone playing characterized by improvisation in the manner of the early New Orleans musicians. [ < the traditional position of the trombonist at the rear of the wagon in parades, etc.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [adjective] > trombone technique tailgate1946 1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets ii. 32 Long glissandi..heard in the ‘tailgate’ or circus-style trombone of jazz. 1959 R. Gant World in Jug 26 Vic was our trombonist... He had a real tailgate style—that comes from the days when the trombonist sat at the back of the wagon so that he did not push out the eyes of the other bandsmen. 1973 Times 25 Jan. 18/6 It needed the utmost in timing and execution, as many would-be tailgate trombonists have since proved by default. 2. Applied to refreshment stops, etc., made during the course of a journey or outing and arranged at the open tailgate of a parked car. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [adjective] picnic1802 Gypsy1816 picnicking1842 picnic-ish1854 picnicky1870 packed1906 brown bag1947 take-with1951 tailgate1970 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 29/3 (advt.) The game has become secondary to a potlatch ceremony called tailgate picknicking... This..requires that the host participants outdo their neighbours in the quality and variety of food and drink and the elegance of serving accessories. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 102/2 Tailgate picnics, whiskey sours in the stadium, and the general complexity of the sport guarantee that nobody knows what is going on. Draft additions December 2022 tailgate party n. North American a party typically held in the car park of a stadium before a sports event (often a football game), and at which food and drink are served at the open tailgate of a motor vehicle. ΘΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties play-party1796 tail1837 surprise-party1840 street party1845 costume party1850 pound party1869 all-nighter1870 neighbourhood party1870 simcha1874 ceilidh1875 studio party1875 pounding1883 house party1885 private function1888 shower1893 kitchen shower1896 kitchen evening1902 bottle party1903 pyjama party1910 block party1919 house party1923 after-party1943 slumber party1949 office party1950 freeload1952 hukilau1954 BYOB1959 pot party1959 bush party1962 BYO1965 wrap party1978 bop1982 warehouse party1988 rave1989 1958 Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana) 6 Aug. 12/3 The wool stadium coat is the college man's best friend... It sees him through football games and station-wagon tailgate parties. 2022 @StLouligans 25 June in twitter.com (accessed 1 July 2022) Tailgate party starts at 4, game kicks off at 7. Bring a friend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2022). tailgatev. Etymology: < tailgate n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtail-gate. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. intransitive. To drive too close behind another vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > drive close behind tailgate1962 1962 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge Murder has its Points xiv. 160 The police car they followed knew its way, and Weigand tail-gated. 1964 Punch 23 Sept. 442/3 ‘Don't tailgate!’.. meaning don't drive on the other man's tail. 1976 Good Motoring May 32/1 In the dangerous sphere of motorway driving, for example, they would not tailgate at speeds where if the man in front stopped suddenly they could not..help but stop in exactly the same place on the road. [see 'Implied in' only applies when the target is a quotation]. [see 'Implied in' only applies when the target is a quotation]. 2. transitive. To follow (a motor vehicle) excessively closely in another vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > drive closely behind slipstream1960 tailgate1967 1967 Lebende Sprachen 12 73/2 The use of the verb (which is a recent accession) no longer requires that the car ahead does in fact have a tailgate. One can tailgate a VW. 1968 National Observer (U.S.) 8 Apr. 5/4 Negro cabbie John W. Smith, whose arrest for ‘tailgating’ a police car..helped spark five days of rioting.., was found guilty of assaulting a policeman. 1970 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 25 The cruise cars are programmed on an intricate shuttle, one tailgating the other, so that no more than 20 seconds can..pass between a radio alarm and the arrival of a car. 1982 H. Kissinger Years of Upheaval vii. 228 We took off in a motorcade traveling at a speed of close to 100 miles per hour with cars tailgating each other. 3. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > follow at short intervals tailgate1977 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 May 618/3 Pictures tailgate each other, wall to wall, and floor to ceiling, in the authentic eighteenth-century manner. 1978 Sat. Night (Toronto) Apr. 5/2 One takeover scenario has tailgated another: in 1969 it was Time Inc. muscling in. Derivatives ˈtailgater n. ΚΠ 1968 H. McCloy Mr. Splitfoot (1969) xvii. 195 Another car passed him and slipped in between his car and Folly's. One of those eager tailgaters who cannot bear to see a few inches between two cars ahead of them. 1978 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 Jan. 2/1 A spider on the boot is a lot less dangerous than a tailgater on the bumper bar. ˈtailgating n. ΚΠ 1951 Amer. Speech 26 309/1 Tail-gating, part. phr., a bad practice of following too close to the tail gate of the truck ahead. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 93 Twenty-two..[lorry] drivers agreed that tailgating means riding too closely behind the vehicle ahead. 1957 How to Drive (Amer. Auto. Assoc.) viii. 71 Expressway ‘tailgating’ is suicidal. 1970 V. Johnston Phantom Cottage xxi. 160 ‘So if you will just let me keep following your car—.’.. ‘All right. But no tailgating.’ 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 8/6 In informal testing by The Observer, a Cyberlite appeared to reduce ‘tail-gating’ behind the test vehicle. 1980 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 21 May 1/1 In a statement today the AA said poor driving, including the ‘often fatal practice of “tailgating”’, was responsible for a big increase in serious accidents. Draft additions September 2013 intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To host or attend a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game). Cf. earlier tailgate v.. ΚΠ 1968 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 66 The Giants might gain new support..if they moved to a new stadium that offered fans a chance to tailgate. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. 10 ‘We love the Bucs and we love to tailgate,’ Walter Watson said. ‘Tailgating is part of the game.’ 2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 9 The weather is a factor too: in the South, it doesn't get particularly cold until December, so fans can tailgate comfortably for most of football season. Draft additions September 2013 tailgating n. originally and chiefly U.S. the action or practice of hosting or attending a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game). ΚΠ 1962 Boston Globe 28 Oct. 66 (caption) Definitely Dartmouth was Peter Freeman of Weston, sharing a bit of tailgating with Dee and Ann Austin of Arlington. 1981 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 29 Sept. 11/4 Coney Island Sauce, Mulled Tomato Broth and Chicken and Chilies Cheese Ball, pictured at left, are good choices for tailgating. 2007 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 7 Oct. w1 The lack of parking, particularly at older in-town stadiums built at a time when fans and students walked to the game, is a damper on tailgating. Draft additions September 2019 tailgater n. originally and chiefly U.S. a person who hosts or attends a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game). ΚΠ 1962 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. 36/3 Picnic baskets with all kinds of goodies will be in profusion among the tailgaters. 2018 USA Today (Nexis) 29 Oct. (Chase ed.) (Sports section) 1 c The parking lots surrounding Heinz Field were packed with tailgaters, grilling burgers and hot dogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1868v.1951
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