noun
plural -gates
[count] chiefly US :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 - see also tailgate party
verb
-gates; -gated; -gating
to drive too closely behind another vehicle [no obj]
[no obj] US :to have a tailgate party
