jalopy
IPA: dʒʌɫˈɑpi
noun
- (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.
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Examples of "jalopy" in Sentences
- She leaned out of the jalopy, and I hopped into her arms.
- The jalopy made a sharp turn to the left and banked through the clouds.
- This jalopy and I got into more trouble than you could shake a stick at!
- What kind of jalopy, no-budg version of a scintillating NYC trend was this?
- After all, he can't have Jane driving a "jalopy" to worship him on Sundays, now can he?
- Why drive an old, out-dated jalopy when you can grip the road in a super-sleek sports car.
- So we drive the car home like Ma and Pa Kettle headin 'for the big city in their jalopy which is skirting all over the road.
- There was an older couple that picked me up who had been together since she was sixteen and he was seventeen, and they were driving around in an old jalopy, holding hands.
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