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JALOPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jalopy mean?
• JALOPY (noun)
The noun JALOPY has 1 sense:
1. a car that is old and unreliable
Familiarity information: JALOPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A car that is old and unreliable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Context example:
the fenders had fallen off that old bus
Hypernyms ("jalopy" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
dysphemism (an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one)
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