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Tailpipe

//ˈteɪlpaɪp// noun, verb

Definitions

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

    "Holonym: exhaust system"

  2. 2
    a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car wordnet
  3. 3
    An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration). US, especially

    "Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tail + pipe.

Etymology 2

From tail + pipe.

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