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hooptie

/ˈhupti/

hooptie noun: an old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger.

Noun

hooptie (plural hoopties)

  1. (slang, African-American) An old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger.
    • “How many of you guys got a hooptee, raise your hand?”2007 October 24, Corey Kilgannon, “A High School Under the Hood”, in New York Times
    • If you'd let him buy you a clunker, you'd be driving now instead of... borrowing mom's hooptie.2011, Peter Gould, “Problem Dog”, in Breaking Bad, season 4, episode 7 (television production), spoken by Hank Schrader (Dean Norris)

Examples of hooptie in a sentence

  • The ops used to laugh at my truck but they cut when they see that hooptie2016, “Let’s Lurk”, Dimzy (lyrics), performed by 67 ft Giggs:
  • Chicago's full of shooters, my garage is full of hoopties2017, “Kill Jill”, in Boomiverse, performed by Big Boi ft. Killer Mike and Jeezy:

Synonyms of hooptie

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Forms of hooptie

pluralhoopties
alternative formhooptee
alternative formhoopty

Questions about hooptie

What does hooptie mean?
Hooptie means an old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger.
How do you use hooptie in a sentence?
The ops used to laugh at my truck but they cut when they see that hooptie
What part of speech is hooptie?
Hooptie is a noun.
How do you pronounce hooptie?
Hooptie is pronounced /ˈhupti/.
What is the plural of hooptie?
The plural of hooptie is hoopties.

Words near hooptie in the dictionary

  1. hoopsters
  2. hoopstick
  3. hoopsticks
  4. hooptee
  5. hooptees
  6. hooptie
  7. hoopties
  8. hoopty
  9. hoopy
  10. hoorah
  11. hoorah's nest

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