English Explanatory Dictionary

jalopy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-jalopy.wav

Word forms

jalopy jalopies

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose scrapyards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.

Synonyms

banger beater bucket of bolts bucket of rust clunker crate crock flivver hooptie jalopy junker lemon old banger rattletrap rustbucket shed shitbox shitpot shitcan shitbucket tin Lizzie wreck

Related words

jalapeño
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