jalopy.
An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
Meaning & usage
An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
Where this word 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.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.