jalopy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

old conveyance

dilapidated conveyance

clunker

bus

🚌

rattle-trap

heap

hooptie

crate

rattletrap

old car

bucket

🪣

Translations

bagnarola

🛁

calhambeque

bote

⛵

guimbarde

παλιοαεροπλάνο

Chaise

σαραβαλάκι

παλαιό αυτοκίνητο

σαράβαλο

épave

caffettiera

carretta

catenaccio

catorcio

macinino

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/

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.