tailgating
noun1
Usually The act of driving dangerously close behind another vehicle.
2
Usually A tailgate party (social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle)
- On his first encounter with tailgating in 2006, he was flabbergasted at the way rival fans mixed peaceably together at the parties. A Chicago Bears fan, he was warmly welcomed into a group of Arizona Cardinals fans and fed. "I was shocked and slightly worried. I thought they were going to poison me. It was just so odd."2014 August 16, BBC News, Why have tailgate parties not spread to the UK?:
3
Usually Inappropriately gaining entry into a restricted area, past a checkpoint, by tagging along behind another person who is authorized.
- Related terms
- on someone's ass