tail pipe
- a variation of tailpipe.
Example Sentences
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"The devil is in the detail. Is that a complete end of everything that has a tail pipe?," he said.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
Dirty, super-heated air from a car’s engine passes through the honey-comb chambers of a catalytic converter before entering the muffler and exiting through the tail pipe.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Walker described an X-15 flight: “Acceleration from that inferno in the tail pipe pinned me back in my seat.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018
A car’s tail pipe might set you off.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2017
They stepped clear as flame gushed from the tail pipe; with the familiar whooshing rumble it sped down the Potomac and hurled itself into the air.
From Navy Day by Harrison, Harry
