jalopy

[juh-lop-ee] /dʒəˈlɒp i/
noun, plural jalopies. Informal.
1.
an old, decrepit, or unpretentious automobile.
Origin
1925-30, Americanism; origin uncertain
Examples from the web for jalopy
  • Maybe not your hand-me-down high-school jalopy, but that first new vehicle you bought.
British Dictionary definitions for jalopy

jalopy

/dʒəˈlɒpɪ/
noun (pl) -lopies, -loppies
1.
(informal) a dilapidated old car
Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin
Word Origin and History for jalopy
n.

"battered old automobile," 1924 (early variants include jaloupy, jaloppi, gillopy), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see jalapeno).

Slang definitions & phrases for jalopy

jalopy

noun
  1. An old and battered car or airplane; heap: A jalopy is a model one step above a ''junker''
  2. Any car; any vehicle; buggy: Let them search every jalop on the road

[1924+; origin unknown; perhaps fr Jalapa, a Mexican city to which many US used cars were sent]