tailpipe

English

A typical tailpipe is seen on this car, downstream of a typical muffler.

Etymology

From tail +‎ pipe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪlpaɪp/

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.
    • 2024 May 29, Mike Baker, “Sleepless in Seattle as a Hellcat Roars Through the Streets”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 June 2024:
      As much of Seattle tries to sleep, the Hellcat supercar goes on the prowl, the howls of its engine and the explosive backfires from its tailpipes echoing off the high-rise towers downtown.
  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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