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Etymology

From tail + pipe.

Pronunciation

Noun

tailpipe (plural tailpipes)

  1. (automotive) An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
    Hypernyms: exhaust pipe < pipe
    Holonym: exhaust system
    Coordinate term: sidepipe
    This car doesn't have a tailpipe because it has sidepipes instead.
  2. (especially US) An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration).
    Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.

Translations

Verb

tailpipe (third-person singular simple present tailpipes, present participle tailpiping, simple past and past participle tailpiped)

  1. (transitive) To fasten an object to the tail of (an animal) as a prank.
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