- jalopy
- noun (plural jalopies) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1928 a dilapidated old vehicle (as an automobile)
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jalopy — battered old automobile, 1924 (early variants include jaloupy, jaloppi, gillopy), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see JALAPEÑO (Cf. jalapeño)) … Etymology dictionary
jalopy — [n] old, dilapidated automobile bucket of bolts*, clunker, heap*, junker*, rattletrap*, tin lizzie*, wreck; concepts 260,674 … New thesaurus
jalopy — ► NOUN (pl. jalopies) informal ▪ an old car in a dilapidated condition. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
jalopy — ☆ jalopy [jə läp′ē ] n. pl. jalopies [earlier jaloupy < ?] Slang an old, ramshackle automobile … English World dictionary
Jalopy — For other uses, see Jalopy (disambiguation). A Jalopy Ford Festiva A jalopy (also clunker or hooptie or beater) is a decrepit car, often old and in a barely functional state. A jalopy is not a well kept antique car, but a car which is mostly… … Wikipedia
jalopy — UK [dʒəˈlɒpɪ] / US [dʒəˈlɑpɪ] noun [countable] Word forms jalopy : singular jalopy plural jalopies informal old fashioned an old car that is in bad condition … English dictionary
jalopy — noun An old, dilapidated automobile. Theres only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it … Wiktionary
jalopy — n An old, beat up car. Where did you get that old jalopy? 1920s … Historical dictionary of American slang
Jalopy (disambiguation) — Jalopy may refer to:Automobiles* An old car * Lemon (automobile), a defective automobile * Rat rod, an updated term for jalopy (or the 1950s notion of a hot rod)Other* Jalopy (film), a 1953 film starring The Bowery Boys * Jalopy (formatter), in… … Wikipedia
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