Noun: hooptie hoop-tee
Usage: US, informal
Usage: US, informal
- A car that is old and unreliable
"the fenders had fallen off that old hooptie";
- bus [informal], jalopy [informal], heap [informal], flivver [N. Amer, informal], clunker [N. Amer, informal], banger [Brit, informal], beater [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: hoopties
Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, dysphemism, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]
Encyclopedia: Hooptie