carpool

[ kahr-pool ]

noun

1. Also carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
2. those included in such an arrangement.

verb (used without object)

1. Also car-pool. to form or participate in a carpool.

carpool

/ ˈkɑːˌpuːl /

verb

1. See carshare
   another term for carshare

Derived Forms

• ˈcarˌpooling, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpool¹

First recorded in 1940–45; car ¹ + pool ²

Example Sentences

Automated enforcement in HOT lanesTravelers on the express lanes on interstates 95, 395 and 495 in Northern Virginia will find new camera technology that aims to verify carpool trips and catch drivers cheating the system.

From Washington Post

On the part of I-270 south of I-370, one of the HOT lanes in each direction would come from converting the existing carpool lane.

From Washington Post

On I-270, one of the HOT lanes would come from converting the existing carpool lane south of I-370.

From Washington Post

I-270 would get one new toll lane in each direction, in addition to the existing carpool lanes being converted into toll lanes.

From Washington Post

These granular settings allow you to assign different levels of trust to different apps so the carpool platform you rarely use only has the right amount of data on you.

From Popular-Science

With Emma and maybe some other kids, and they have to drive carpool.

From The Daily Beast

Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach; Fridays I drive my 8-year-old daughter's carpool.

From The Daily Beast

When it is done it will be the longest continuous carpool lane in the country, if not the world.

From The Daily Beast

Once it is finished, the 70-mile carpool lane will stretch from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley.

From The Daily Beast