tailpipe

noun
/ˈteɪlpaɪp/

Etymology

From tail + pipe.

  1. inherited from pīpian
  2. inherited from pipen
  3. derived from pipa
  4. derived from pipe
  5. derived from pipire
  6. derived from *pīpa
  7. inherited from *pīpā
  8. inherited from pīpe
  9. inherited from pipe
  10. compounded as tailpipe — “tail + pipe

Definitions

  1. An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.

    • Holonym: exhaust system
    • This car doesn't have a tailpipe because it has sidepipes instead.
  2. An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration).

    • Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.
  3. To fasten an object to the tail of (an animal) as a prank.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tailpipe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA