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lowriders

lowriders is the plural 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.)

Noun

lowriders pl (plural only, attributive lowrider)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Trousers or shorts worn with the top sagging down below the wearer's waist.
    • In the foyer, a game of Twister has started. It's appealing because all of the women are wearing lowriders. I carefully step over somebody's ass crack and start to look for Lamb.2008, Daccia Bloomfield, Dora Borealis
    • No sense even trying to resist the pull of that voice, not when he was talking about secrets and sitting so close and wearing lowriders she wanted to ease off with her teeth.2015, Maggie Kelley, Unexpectedly His

Forms of lowriders

attributivelowrider

Questions about lowriders

What does lowriders mean?
Lowriders means trousers or shorts worn with the top sagging down below the wearer's waist.
What is lowriders the plural of?
Lowriders is the plural of lowrider.
What part of speech is lowriders?
Lowriders is a noun.

Words near lowriders in the dictionary

  1. Lowreys
  2. Lowri
  3. lowrider
  4. lowrider bicycle
  5. lowrider bicycles
  6. lowriders
  7. lowriding
  8. lowrie
  9. lowries
  10. Lowrimore
  11. Lowrimores

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