tailpipe
An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicleAn exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
» He found a hole in his tailpipe.
mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesAn exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
Holonym: exhaust system
This car doesn't have a tailpipe because it has sidepipes instead.
(US, especially)An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration).
Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.
выхлопна́я труба́vyxlopnája trubá
- a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car
Examples
1 sentencesHe found a hole in his tailpipe.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From tail + pipe.From tail + pipe.
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