jalopy
pronunciation
How to pronounce jalopy in British English:
UK [dʒəˈlɒpi]
How to pronounce jalopy in American English:
US [dʒəˈlɑpi]
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- Noun:
- a car that is old and unreliable
Word Origin
- 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).
Example
- 1. Sarah : richard , is your jalopy working today ?
- 2. I 've sold my old jalopy to my neighbour 's son .
- 3. This jalopy northbound , all right ?
- 4. My jalopy may be old and ugly but it gets me where I want to go !
- 5. For all the talk of the ' chinese model , ' nobody can seem to agree whether it 's a juggernaut or a jalopy .