jalopy
/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/
jalopy noun: an old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
Noun
jalopy (plural jalopies)
- An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- 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.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC
- "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.1959 [1927 June 1], Franklin W. Dixon, The Hardy Boys 01: The Tower Treasure, page 20
- Synonyms:
- banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie
jalopy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jalopy in Hindi
- old, dilapidated car
- पुरानी गड़ी purānī gaṛī
jalopy in Tamil
- old, dilapidated car
- பழைய ஊர்தி paḻaiya ūrti
jalopy in Marathi
- old, dilapidated car
- खटारगाडी khaṭārgāḍī
jalopy in Urdu
- old, dilapidated car
- جولوپی jolopī
More languagesFewer languages
- jalopy in Bengali
- উড়োজাহাজ uṛōjahaj
- jalopy in Telugu
- పాతబడి పనికిరాని మోటారు వాహనము pātabaḍi panikirāni mōṭāru vāhanamu
- jalopy in Malayalam
- ജലോപ്പി jalōppi
- jalopy in Kannada
- ಜಲಪೆನೊ jalapeno
- jalopy in Punjabi
- ਜਲੋਪੀ jalopī
- jalopy in Sinhala
- නටනවා naṭanawā
- jalopy in Pashto
- جولوپي
- jalopy in Tagalog
- lumang kotse
- jalopy in Arabic
- سَيَّارَة بَالِيَة sayyāra bāliya
- jalopy in Malay
- mobil tua
- jalopy in Indonesian
- mobil rongsok
- jalopy in Thai
- รถเก่าแก่ rt̄h kèā kæ̀
- Sindhi
- جولوپي jolope
Synonyms of jalopy
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Forms of jalopy
| plural | jalopies |
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Origin of jalopy
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.
Questions about jalopy
- What does jalopy mean?
- Jalopy means an old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- What is jalopy in Hindi?
- Jalopy in Hindi is पुरानी गड़ी (purānī gaṛī). See Jalopy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is jalopy?
- Jalopy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jalopy?
- Jalopy is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/.
- What is the plural of jalopy?
- The plural of jalopy is jalopies.
Words near jalopy in the dictionary
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