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名詞

tailgating (usually uncountable, plural tailgatings)

1. The act of driving dangerously close behind another vehicle.
2. A tailgate party (social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle)
   • 2014 August 16, BBC News, Why have tailgate parties not spread to the UK?‎:

     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."

3. The act of inappropriately gaining entry into a restricted area, past a checkpoint, by tagging along behind another person who is authorized.

   Synonym: piggybacking

4. (finance) Synonym of front running.

使用する際の注意点

• Sense 1 is not to be confused with drafting, though the context of both words is similar and related.

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