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Definition: Tailpipe |
TailpipeNoun1. A pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Exhaust pipe of turboprop or turboshaft. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Tailpipe |
| Specialty definitions using "tailpipe": evaporative emission ♦ Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program ♦ MUFFLER INSTALLER. (references) |
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Screenplays | Yeah, and we're not going to fall for a banana in the tailpipe. (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.) | |
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Business | In addition to the leaded fuel ban, products which “clean up” tailpipe emissions could also cause a potential increase in the market for fuel additives. (references) | |
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| "Tailpipe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tailpipe" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flame tailpipe | 13 |
tailpipe | 10 |
bods hot tailpipe | 6 |
extension tailpipe | 5 |
expander tailpipe | 2 |
flamethrower tailpipe | 2 |
tailpipe tip | 2 |
flamethrowers tailpipe | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tailpipe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | смукателна тръба на помпа, ауспух (exhaust). (various references) | |
Chinese | '"管. (various references) | |
Danish | udstødningsrør (exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, gas manifold, tail pipe). (various references) | |
Dutch | tail pipe, uitlaatpijp (exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, gas manifold, tail pipe). (various references) | |
Finnish | poistoputki, imuputki (draft tube, draught tube, siphon). (various references) | |
French | tuyau de sortie, tuyau d'échappement (tail pipe), tube de décharge, buse de sortie (tail pipe). (various references) | |
German | Strahlrohr (jet tube), Saugrohr (suction tube), Endrohr (mouthpiece, piping end), Auslaßrohr, Abgasrohr (breeching, flue connector, primary flue, tail pipe, vent connector). (various references) | |
Greek | σωλήνας εκροής (discharge pipe, downpipe, funnel, nozzle, pouring spout, spill pipe, spout, waste pipe), σωλήνας εξόδου, σωλήνας εξαγωγής (eduction pipe, tail pipe), σωλήνας απαγωγής. (various references) | |
Italian | ugello di uscita (tail pipe). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailpipetay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tubo de saída, tubo de escape traseiro (tail pipe), tubo de escape (exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, gas manifold, tail pipe). (various references) | |
Russian | выхлопная труба (manifold). (various references) | |
Spanish | los compuestos de plomo alcohilo se transforman en halogenuros de plomo y en oxihalogenados de plomo en los motores de combustión interna y del 70 al 80% de este plomo se emite en forma de partículas a través del tubo de escape (and 70 to 80 percent of that lead is emitted as particulate matter from the tailpipe, lead alkyl compounds are converted to lead halides and lead oxyhalogenates in the internal combustion engine). (various references) | |
Swedish | utloppsrör (eduction pipe), slutrör. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tailpipe": tailpipes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tailpipe" (pronounced tā"lpī'p) |
| 3 | -p ī' p | bagpipe. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-p-p-t" | |
-2 letters: aplite, lappet, tipple. | |
-3 letters: appel, apple, leapt, lepta, litai, palet, palpi, pepla, petal, pieta, pilea, pilei, pipal, pipet, pipit, plait, plate, pleat, telia, tepal. | |
-4 letters: alit, ilea, ilia, late, lati, leap, lept, lipa, lipe, lite, pail, pale, palp, pate, peal, peat, pelt, pial, pile, pili, pipe, pita, plat, plea, plie, tael, tail, tale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-p-p-t" | |
+1 letter: tailpipes. | |
+2 letters: epitaphial, participle. | |
+3 letters: applicative, participles. | |
+4 letters: antiepilepsy, appetizingly, appositively, inappositely, interlapping, livetrapping, popularities, postimperial, precipitable. | |
+5 letters: antiepileptic, appealability, applicatively, epileptically, epiphytically, palpabilities, pentaploidies, precapitalist, precipitantly, precipitately, prepositional, proprietorial, reapplication. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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