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jalopy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /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.

Meanings

1. (US, qualifier:slightly dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
   • Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles. 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC:
   • There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it. 2003, Terrance Dicks, Barry Letts, chapter 22, in Deadly Reunion:
   • Through most of those early years of restless travel, he dragged his two children and his long-suffering wife, Maryann[…] behind him like tin cans tied to the bumper of a jalopy that no car dealer in his right mind would take in trade. 2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • "We ran into some real excitement," Frank said, and told his father the whole story of Chet's missing jalopy, the wrecked car which they suspected had been a stolen one also, and the attempted holdup at the ferryboat office. 1959 [1927 June 1], Franklin W. Dixon, The Hardy Boys 01: The Tower Treasure, page 20:

Forms

Relateds

jalapeño

Synonyms

bucket of rust · shitcan · banger · bucket of bolts · wreck · gas guzzler · shitbox · tin Lizzie · jalopy · clunker · rustbucket · beater · hooptie · crock · shitbucket · beater · shed · lemon · junker · rattletrap · shitpot · old banger · crate · banger · flivver

Translations (102)

ta பழைய ஊர்தி (old, dilapidated car) · eo aŭtaĉo (old, dilapidated car) · ro rablă (old, dilapidated car) · el παλαιό αυτοκίνητο (old, dilapidated car) · sh krntija (old, dilapidated car) · th รถเก่าแก่ (old, dilapidated car) · kmr jalopî (old, dilapidated car) · fi autonrotisko (old, dilapidated car) · sv rishög (old, dilapidated car) · fr bagnole (old, dilapidated car) · is bíldrusla (old, dilapidated car) · sh krš (old, dilapidated car) · am ጃላፔኖ (old, dilapidated car) · ps جولوپي (old, dilapidated car) · fi kottero (old, dilapidated car) · sd جولوپي (old, dilapidated car) · hu rozzant autó (old, dilapidated car) · ja ジャロピー (old, dilapidated car) · cy siandri (old, dilapidated car) · cs kraksna (old, dilapidated car) · ht genbard (old, dilapidated car) · fr guimbarde (old, dilapidated car) · ms mobil tua (old, dilapidated car) · mt karakka (old, dilapidated car) · es charchina (Mesoamerica) (old, dilapidated car) · de Schrottkiste (old, dilapidated car) · so jalalka (old, dilapidated car) · es carro destartalado (old, dilapidated car) · pl gruchot (old, dilapidated car) · te పాతబడి పనికిరాని మోటారు వాహనము (old, dilapidated car) · ru драндуле́т (old, dilapidated car) · si නටනවා (old, dilapidated car) · ko 고물차 (old, dilapidated car) · ur جولوپی (old, dilapidated car) · tl lumang kotse (old, dilapidated car) · el σακαράκα (old, dilapidated car) · kk құлағап тұрған ескі көлігі (old, dilapidated car) · bg таратайка (old, dilapidated car) · ko 똥차 (old, dilapidated car) · gl calhambeque (old, dilapidated car) · sm fana (old, dilapidated car) · lt kleras (old, dilapidated car) · lb Jalopp (old, dilapidated car) · pa ਜਲੋਪੀ (old, dilapidated car) · id mobil rongsok (old, dilapidated car) · nl wrak (old, dilapidated car) · ru развалю́ха (old, dilapidated car) · uz jalopi (old, dilapidated car) · it bagnarola (old, dilapidated car) · et autorämä (old, dilapidated car) · af wrak (old, dilapidated car) · ka ჯალიპი (old, dilapidated car) · hu tragacs (old, dilapidated car) · de Klapperkiste (old, dilapidated car) · de Rostlaube (old, dilapidated car) · es carcacha (old, dilapidated car) · nl barrel (old, dilapidated car) · es cacharro (old, dilapidated car) · mk крнтија (old, dilapidated car) · cy siandri (old, dilapidated car) · hi पुरानी गड़ी (old, dilapidated car) · bn উড়োজাহাজ (old, dilapidated car) · de alte Kiste (old, dilapidated car) · pt calhambeque (old, dilapidated car) · he טָרָנטָה (old, dilapidated car) · fi autonrämä (old, dilapidated car) · pt lasanha (old, dilapidated car) · be тая калымага (old, dilapidated car) · uk таратайка (old, dilapidated car) · ca trasto (old, dilapidated car) · yi דזשאַלאָפּי (old, dilapidated car) · kk драндулет (old, dilapidated car) · it catorcio (old, dilapidated car) · sq karakatinë (old, dilapidated car) · el σαραβαλάκι (old, dilapidated car) · de Schrottmühle (old, dilapidated car) · pl rzęch (old, dilapidated car) · it macinino (old, dilapidated car) · kn ಜಲಪೆನೊ (old, dilapidated car) · es tartana (old, dilapidated car) · ml ജലോപ്പി (old, dilapidated car) · fr tas de ferraille (old, dilapidated car) · pt chaço (old, dilapidated car) · mr खटारगाडी (old, dilapidated car) · pl złom (old, dilapidated car) · ar سَيَّارَة بَالِيَة (old, dilapidated car) · no kjerra (old, dilapidated car) · da spand (old, dilapidated car) · tr külüstür araba (old, dilapidated car) · it carretta (old, dilapidated car) · es carraca (old, dilapidated car) · pl grat (old, dilapidated car) · lv veca automašīna (old, dilapidated car) · fi autonromu (old, dilapidated car) · es tiesto (old, dilapidated car) · ru колыма́га (old, dilapidated car) · sk kraksňa (old, dilapidated car) · cmn 破舊車 /破旧车 (old, dilapidated car) · sw mkweche (old, dilapidated car) · sv bilskrälle (old, dilapidated car) · is drusla (old, dilapidated car) · fr carriole (old, dilapidated car)

wikipedia: Michael Quinion