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tailpipe

or tail pipe

[ teyl-pahyp ]

noun

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


tailpipe

/ ˈٱɪˌ貹ɪ /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tailpipe1

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

The 31 regulatory actions are also occurring alongside job cuts and efforts to curtail California’s authority to set tailpipe emissions.

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Based on that change, Trump’s EPA revoked the state’s legal waiver from the EPA, preventing it from enforcing its tailpipe emissions standards.

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The state would need Trump’s EPA to issue a new waiver in 2025 that would allow California to go beyond the federal standards for tailpipe emissions.

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For decades, Southern California’s war on smog has focused on strategies to reduce pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks.

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One likely early target will be Biden-era tailpipe emissions rules that Trump has derided as an electric vehicle “mandate.”

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