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What (who) is JALOPY - definition
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jalopy
![Tracy vicinity]]) with a jalopy car during the [[Great Depression]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Broke, baby sick, and car trouble! - Dorothea Langes photo of a Missouri family of five in the vicinity of Tracy, California.jpg?width=200 "Tracy vicinity]]) with a jalopy car during the [[Great Depression]]")
![Jalopy car in [[Joshua Tree National Park]] in Hidden Valley Campground. A "derby car" is a typical term for a decrepit car used for racing, often spray painted or decorated in various ways.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua Tree - Love car.jpg?width=200 "Jalopy car in [[Joshua Tree National Park]] in Hidden Valley Campground. A \"derby car\" is a typical term for a decrepit car used for racing, often spray painted or decorated in various ways.")
![Renault Trafic]] van with various makeshift repairs.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Car, Renault Trafic I Jalopy, Front view.jpg?width=200 "Renault Trafic]] van with various makeshift repairs.")
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Hooptie; Hoopty; Gelopie; Jelopie; Gelopy; Jolapee; Old banger; Rez car; Banger (car); Jalopy; Junk car
[d??'l?pi]
¦ noun (plural jalopies) informal an old car in a dilapidated condition.
Origin
1920s (orig. US): of unknown origin.
Hoopty
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Hooptie; Hoopty; Gelopie; Jelopie; Gelopy; Jolapee; Old banger; Rez car; Banger (car); Jalopy; Junk car
Car of dubious quality, usually a POS.
You see Mike's 69 Impala? Yah, till he gets some body work done it'll be a hoopty.
You see Mike's 69 Impala? Yah, till he gets some body work done it'll be a hoopty.
Decrepit car
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Hooptie; Hoopty; Gelopie; Jelopie; Gelopy; Jolapee; Old banger; Rez car; Banger (car); Jalopy; Junk car
A decrepit car is a car that is often old and damaged and is in a barely functional state. There are many slang terms used to describe such cars, the more popular including junk car, beater, clunker, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, junker, and banger.
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Jalopy (disambiguation)
A Jalopy is an old car that is often in a barely functional state.
Jalopy may also refer to:
Examples of use of JALOPY
1. His jalopy had a blowout and smashed into a barrier leaving poor Jon with a broken collar bone and concussion.
2. One longtime observer recalls a group of players spending $300 on a jalopy several years ago to get them around town when needed.
3. "What was interesting in the rehearsal process was that if you bring an old jalopy out of mothballs you can‘t expect it to run" he says.
4. Above all, I‘ll remember the other days, when you could drive to meet Zahar on a Saturday afternoon, bring him toys for Gaza‘s children (in the trunk of the jalopy that kept pulling to the left), and dream of peace.
5. By Barr Hayoun and Daniel Schmil The only time your ordinary Israeli consumer notices the tires on the jalopy is when there‘s a flat, or the car flunks its annual vehicle–licensing test.