tailpipe
About 0.07 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
This car doesn't have a tailpipe because it has sidepipes instead.
- noun An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) .
Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.
- verb To fasten an object to the tail of (an animal) as a prank.
Similar words
vehicle escapement pot exhaust escape vehicles sidepipe jet pipe exhaust pipe jetpipe
Often followed by
emissions and of emission standards is to was exhaust
Word family
tailpipes
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