jalopy

(Engels)

1. (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
2. (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Concepten

wrak

Synoniemen

old conveyance

dilapidated conveyance

clunker

bus

🚌

rattle-trap

heap

hooptie

crate

rattletrap

old car

bucket

🪣

Vertalingen

bagnarola

🛁

calhambeque

bote

⛵

Chaise

σαραβαλάκι

παλιοαεροπλάνο

guimbarde

παλαιό αυτοκίνητο

σαράβαλο

épave

caffettiera

carretta

catenaccio

catorcio

macinino