hoopie en · NOUN
Etymology
Unknown.
Meanings
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(US, dated, dialectal) An old, worn-out car.
Fact is, he worked more on our car than we did on the farm; and before the week was up, that old hoopie of ours was in the finest state of repair it'd ever been — by a damn sight, too, I mean.
1956 September, Dillon Anderson, “The Meanest Man in Washington County”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoopies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hoopy | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
wreck · rattletrap · beater · shitbox · shitbox · hooptie · bucket of rust · rustbucket · rustbucket · tin Lizzie · crate · banger · gas guzzler · crock · old banger · shed · flivver · wreck · banger · shitbucket · bucket of bolts · hooptie · shitcan · bucket · crock · junker · beater · jalopy · shitpot · lemon · clunker · jalopy