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jalopy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bus, heap |
| Type of | auto, automobile, car, dysphemism, machine, motorcar |
Examples of jalopy
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The state budget is like an old jalopy held together with duct tape and putty.
From the ocregister.com
After the 2005 season it was clear that Johnny Damon was a broken-down jalopy.
From the ocregister.com
The engines started, and smoke spewed from the left side like an old jalopy.
From the chron.com
They sat in the back of his jalopy while he drove us in the wrong direction.
From the kentucky.com
America went shopping for a new car and returned home with the same coughing jalopy.
From the swampland.time.com
At best he would serve as a hood ornament on the old jalopy that is Haiti.
From the economist.com
Maybe it's the Bears'fault for putting a big-block engine in a jalopy.
From the suntimes.com
He practiced navigating the old jalopy in the driveway of his parents'Libertyville home.
From the dailyherald.com
Not that I'm complaining, but why does the speedometer on my old jalopy go up to 140 mph?
From the dailyherald.com
- Bus: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
- Jalopy (also clunker or hooptie) is an old, decrepit, unreliable and often nonfunctional car which has limited mechanical abilities and is often rusty or dented or in an unmaintained shape. A jalopy is not a well kept antique car, but a car which is mostly rundown or beaten up. ...
- Jalopy is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on February 15, 1953 by Allied Artists and is the twenty-ninth film in the series.
- An old, dilapidated automobile
- Slang term for an old, battered car
