jalopy
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jalopy
- /d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/
Where it comes from
Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose scrapyards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.
noun jalopies
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An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles.
Similar: banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie, jalopy, junker
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noun old, dilapidated car
| Español | cacharro, carro destartalado, carraca, tartana, carcacha, tiesto |
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| 한국어 | 고물차 gomulcha, 똥차 ttongcha |
| 日本語 | ジャロピー jaropī |
| 中文 | 破舊車 /破旧车 pòjiù chē |
| हिन्दी | पुरानी गड़ी purānī gaṛī |
| Kiswahili | mkweche |
| Português | calhambeque, chaço, lasanha |
| Français | guimbarde, carriole, tas de ferraille, bagnole |
| Deutsch | alte Kiste, Klapperkiste, Schrottkiste, Schrottmühle, Rostlaube |
| Italiano | catorcio, macinino, bagnarola, carretta |
| Ελληνικά | παλαιό αυτοκίνητο palaió aftokínito, σακαράκα sakaráka, σαραβαλάκι saravaláki |
| Română | rablă |
| Русский | драндуле́т drandulét, колыма́га kolymága, развалю́ха razvaljúxa |
| العربية | سَيَّارَة بَالِيَة sayyāra bāliya |
| עברית | טָרָנטָה |
Talk about this word "jalopy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jalopy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jalopy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jalopy "jalopy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jalopy.Cite this
@misc{jalopy_2026,
title = {jalopy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jalopy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
