tailpipe
/ˈteɪlpaɪp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
Example Sentences
- "Holonym: exhaust system"
- "This car doesn't have a tailpipe because it has sidepipes instead."
- "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."
- "Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb