tailpipe

From tail +‎ pipe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪlpaɪp/

tailpipe (plural tailpipes)

1. (automotive) An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.

   Hypernyms: exhaust pipe < pipe

   Holonym: exhaust system

   Coordinate term: sidepipe

   This car doesn't have a tailpipe because it has sidepipes instead.

2. (especially US) An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration)

   Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.

tailpipe (third-person singular simple present tailpipes, present participle tailpiping, simple past and past participle tailpiped)

1. (transitive) To fasten an object to the tail of (an animal) as a prank.