muscle car en · NOUN
Etymology
From muscle + car.
Meanings
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Any of a variety of automobiles, especially American coupes from the 1960s and early 1970s, that are modified to look and perform like race cars and equipped with large, powerful V-8 engines that allow for quick acceleration to high speeds; but still designed for travel on regular highways.
During high school he'd spent four years working as a breakfast cook and dishwasher in Sal's calzone restaurant, saving up enough money to buy himself a muscle car, a maroon 1973 Mercury Cougar XR-7, which he painted black.
2017, Finbarr O'Reilly, Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War, Viking, →ISBN, page 10:In his senior year, he had run across an old '66 Chevy Super Sport headed for the junkyard, bought it for a song, and overhauled it with his dad's help, turning it into the big red muscle car it was back in its day.
2011, Kat Martin, A Song for My Mother, Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 200:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| muscle cars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
supercar · sportscar · pony car · hot rod
Hypernyms
vehicle · automobile · car
Translations (2)
de Muscle-Car (variety of automobile) · fi muskeliauto (variety of automobile)