carpool

American  

[kahr-pool] / ˈkɑrˌpul /

noun

• carpools
  plural

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.

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verb (used without object)

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

carpool British  

/ ˈkɑːˌpuːl /

verb

1. another term for carshare

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• carpooling
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• carpools
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of carpool

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

carpool carpools

Jim and Jack would carpool to campus every day from their Coronado homes, father and son talking plays, personnel, family and life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Most parents lose sleep over the amount of piecemeal work required to cobble together a summer schedule; very few relish the planning and spreadsheets and carpool rota involved in keeping their kids safe and occupied.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Sixty-five local musicians in Salina packed their instruments and in a carpool caravan drove 30 minutes east, to the town of Abilene, population 6,500.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

A driver on California's notoriously congested highways put a life-sized dummy in the passenger seat to trick his way into the faster carpool lane, only to get caught for forgetting one detail -- the face.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Also: this carpool itself, a light green station wagon driven by a lady named Mrs. Drexel.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

That is the popular constitutional contest the whistles, warnings, carpools, legal observers, and barricades made visible.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Anna carpools with him too, and Tom joins Max for a few drinks at a local bar.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

They are the Chinese equivalent of suburban Americans who buy rugged SUVs for their carpools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

The evening peak period will go an hour later, so three-person carpools are required to enter the I-405 toll lanes for free on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

Most are about boring things like carpools and dinners and dance rehearsals.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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