carpool

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verb

car·​pool ˈkär-ˌpül How to pronounce carpool (audio)
carpooled; carpooling; carpools

intransitive verb

: to participate in a car pool
carpooler noun

car pool

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noun

: an arrangement in which a group of people commute together by car
also : the group entering into such an arrangement

Examples of carpool in a Sentence

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Verb
The energy crisis during the 1970s also pushed more people to carpool and use mass transit. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025 Tour goers who carpool or ride bicycles pay $27.71 for print tour books or $24.54 for digital tour books. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
This is definitely not a hack for anyone who does car pools or is in real estate. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025 But a late-afternoon meeting ran over, urgent emails kept popping up in your inbox and your kid’s car pool fell through. Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carpool

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1962, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carpool was in 1942

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“Carpool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpool. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

car pool

noun
: an arrangement by a group of automobile owners in which each in turn drives his or her own car and carries the others as passengers usually to and from work
carpool
ˈkär-ˌpül
verb
carpooler noun
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