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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 unreliableplay

  Familiarity information: JALOPY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JALOPY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A car that is old and unreliable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bus; heap; jalopy

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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