carpool

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verb

car·​pool ˈkär-ˌpül How to pronounce carpool (audio)
carpooled; carpooling; carpools

intransitive verb

: to participate in a car pool
carpooler noun

car pool

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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

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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 See All Example Sentences for carpool

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1962, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carpool was in 1942

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“Carpool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpool. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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
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