tailpipe

Definitions

General Science

• noun a tube at the back of a motor vehicle from which gases produced by burning petrol are sent out into the atmosphere

Cars & Driving

• noun the last pipe of the exhaust system which fits behind the silencer and extends to the rear of the vehicle

Slang

• noun the anus. A US teenagers’ term. This predictable use of the word (‘exhaust-pipe’ in British English) is possibly influenced by the car driver’s experience of having another driver ‘up one’s tailpipe’, i.e. driving too close.

Nearby Definitions of “tailpipe”

• tagline
• tahini
• tail
• tailgate
• tailpiece
• tailpipe
• take
• take a raincheck
• take away
• take back
• take-off

Contexts for “tailpipe”

3 definitions in context
• General Science
• Cars & Driving
• Slang