Home › Words › T › tailpipetailpipe/ˈteɪlpaɪp/tailpipe means an exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tailpipe ranks #14,677 of 42,747 for Qualifying.tailpipe is pronounced /ˈteɪlpaɪp/.EtymologyFrom tail + pipe.nounAn exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.e.g.“Holonym: exhaust system”An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration).e.g.“Today's cars emit less NoX at the tailpipe than their 20th-century predecessors did.”verbTo fasten an object to the tail of (an animal) as a prank.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).