jalopy
Plural: jalopies
Noun
- An old, dilapidated, and unreliable automobile.
- a car that is old and unreliable
- An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- A hip, cool, groovy automobile.
Examples
- His initial Scrabble plays felt like a JALOPY, sputtering along before gaining speed.
Origin / 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
bus, heap, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, tin Lizzie, wreck
Scrabble Score: 18
jalopy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjalopy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jalopy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary