tailpipe
/ˈteɪlpaɪp/
tailpipe noun: an exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
Noun
tailpipe (plural tailpipes)
- 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.
- An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration).
- Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.
Verb
tailpipe (third-person singular simple present tailpipes, present participle tailpiping, simple past and past participle tailpiped)
- To fasten an object to the tail of (an animal) as a prank.
Forms of tailpipe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tailpipes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tailpipes |
| present participle | tailpiping |
| past participle | tailpiped |
| past | tailpiped |
Origin of tailpipe
From tail + pipe.
Questions about tailpipe
- What does tailpipe mean?
- Tailpipe means an exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
- What part of speech is tailpipe?
- Tailpipe can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tailpipe?
- Tailpipe is pronounced /ˈteɪlpaɪp/.
- What is the plural of tailpipe?
- The plural of tailpipe is tailpipes.
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