ghetto blaster

Meaning

1. (slang) A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boom box.
2. (broadly) A car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted.

Synonyms

boom box

blaster

Translations

stereo portatile

Ghettoblaster

radiocassette

radiocaset

Etymology

From ghetto + blaster. First use appears c. 1980. See cite below.