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. another term for carshare

Other Word Forms

• carpooling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpool¹

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

Example Sentences

Congressman Rick Crawford of Arkansas posted on X that he was carpooling with a fellow Republican, Trent Kelly of Mississippi, to the nation's capital.

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No snaking lines of cranky customers, passengers camped out on cots or travelers carpooling in a rental car to get to their destinations like we’ve seen during major airline meltdowns.

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One executive suggested that staff carpool, according to people who attended the meeting.

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Organizers encourage attendees to carpool to avoid any parking problems.

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A program allowing motorists with a Clean Air Vehicle decal to drive solo in carpool lanes is ending after it was not extended by the federal government, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

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