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low-rider

low-rider is the alternative form of lowrider.

Meaning of lowrider

Noun

lowrider (plural lowriders)

  1. A vehicle, usually a passenger car, with its suspension system modified so that it rides as low to level ground as possible without dragging.
    • The first lowriders were rounded models from the 1930s and 40s.2007 November 18, Phil Patton, “Inches Above the Road and in The Mans Face”, in New York Times
  2. (slang) The driver or a frequent passenger of such a vehicle.
  3. (informal) Used to describe a dog known for its short legs (e.g. a dachshund, corgi, basset hound, etc.)

Forms of low-rider

plurallow-riders

Questions about low-rider

What is low-rider the alternative form of?
Low-rider is the alternative form of lowrider.

Words near low-rider in the dictionary

  1. low-rank
  2. low-rent
  3. low-res
  4. low-residency
  5. low-resolution
  6. low-rider
  7. low-riders
  8. low-rise
  9. low-rises
  10. low-risk
  11. low-seeded

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