Jalopy (Noun)
Meaning
A car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- My dad used to drive me to school in a jalopy that broke down more often than not.
- After the crash, the car was barely held together, looking more like a jalopy than the sleek vehicle it once was.
- She refused to get in his car, calling it a jalopy that was on the verge of falling apart.
- He drove his trusty old jalopy to the junkyard, finally ready to give up on its ailing engine.
- That old van was such a jalopy, the driver was lucky it made it up the mountain without giving out completely.