Jalopy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jalopy is a noun meaning (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
Meaning
(US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
Example Sentences
There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it.
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles.
"We ran into some real excitement," Frank said, and told his father the whole story of Chet's missing jalopy, the wrecked car which they suspected had been a stolen one also, and the attempted holdup at the ferryboat office.
Through most of those early years of restless travel, he dragged his two children and his long-suffering wife, Maryann[…] behind him like tin cans tied to the bumper of a jalopy that no car dealer in his right mind would take in trade.
Word Forms
- jalopies
Synonyms for jalopy
Depending on context, synonyms include banger, beater, clunker, crate, crock, flivver.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bus, heap, auto, crate, rattletrap, jaloppy.
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