tailpipe

noun

tail·​pipe ˈtāl-ˌpīp 

: an outlet by which engine exhaust gases are expelled from a vehicle (such as an automobile or jet aircraft)

Examples of tailpipe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So baseline levels of pollution can be tamped down by regulations on tailpipe emissions, power plants and factories, and more. —Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025

The Senate also passed two other resolutions that block California rules curbing tailpipe emissions and smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks. —Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025

Removing fossil fuels also helps your carbon footprint, considering these vehicles don’t produce tailpipe emissions. —Jack Shaw, Quartz, 17 May 2025

Some 1980s vehicles emit more than 100 times the tailpipe pollution of a new vehicle, said Will Barrett, national senior director for clean air advocacy at the American Lung Association. —Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tailpipe

• bagpipe
• blowpipe
• standpipe
• stovepipe
• subtype
• unripe
• windpipe
• allotype
• antitype
• archetype
• biotype
• collotype

Kids Definition

tail pipe

noun

: an outlet by which engine exhaust gases are expelled from a vehicle (as an automobile or jet aircraft)