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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

Synonyms

All synonyms

exhaust pipeexhaust pipe

Example

More examples

"He found a hole in his tailpipe."

Etymology

From tail + pipe.

Related phrases

exhaust pipe

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