tailpipe

or tail pipe

[ teyl-pahyp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.

tailpipe

/ ˈteɪlˌpaɪp /

a pipe from which the exhaust gases from an internal-combustion engine are discharged, esp the terminal pipe of the exhaust system of a motor vehicle

1880–85, in sense, “suction pipe of a pump”; 1905–10 for current sense; tail ¹ + pipe ¹

The advantage of pure electric vehicles is no gasoline consumption and no tailpipe emissions.

Then they stuck a tailpipe back into the truck and sealed up the back.

Don't throw bad money into a company whose tailpipe is malfunctioning, causing a strange odor to fill the car.

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