carpool

1 of 2

verb

car·​pool ˈkär-ˌpül 

carpooled; carpooling; carpools

intransitive verb

: to participate in a car pool

carpooler noun

car pool

2 of 2

noun

: an arrangement in which a group of people commute together by car

also : the group entering into such an arrangement

Examples of carpool in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Related Stories: — 2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this Friday to help map the cosmos — NASA's launching a new sun mission this month: 'PUNCH is going to see a total solar eclipse' — NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025

Commuters who regularly carpool to work can qualify for WeGo's Emergency Ride Home voucher service that provides free emergency rides home in certain cases. —Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 4 June 2024

Noun

But a late-afternoon meeting ran over, urgent emails kept popping up in your inbox and your kid’s car pool fell through. —Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025

People were urged to car pool, telecommute or use mass transit. —Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1962, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1942, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for carpool

• ampoule
• bascule
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool
• boule

Kids Definition

car pool

noun

: an arrangement by a group of automobile owners in which each in turn drives his or her own car and carries the others as passengers usually to and from work

carpool

ˈkär-ˌpül

verb

carpooler noun