"jalopy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-jalopy.wav [US] Forms: jalopies [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose tweak yards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} jalopy (plural jalopies)
  1. (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile. Tags: US, dated Categories (topical): Automobiles Synonyms: banger, beater, old car Translations (old, dilapidated car): wrak (Afrikaans), karakatinë [feminine] (Albanian), ጃላፔኖ (jalapēno) (Amharic), سَيَّارَة بَالِيَة (sayyāra bāliya) [feminine] (Arabic), тая калымага (taja kalymaha) [feminine] (Belarusian), উড়োজাহাজ (uṛōjahaj) (Bengali), таратайка (taratajka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), trasto [masculine] (Catalan), 破舊車 (Chinese Mandarin), 破旧车 (pòjiù chē) (Chinese Mandarin), kraksna [feminine] (Czech), spand [common-gender] (Danish), wrak (Dutch), autorämä (Estonian), kottero (Finnish), guimbarde [feminine] (French), carriole [feminine] (French), tas de ferraille [masculine] (French), calhambeque [masculine] (Galician), ჯალიპი (ǯaliṗi) (Georgian), alte Kiste [feminine] (German), Klapperkiste [feminine] (German), Schrottkiste [feminine] (German), Schrottmühle [feminine] (German), Rostlaube [feminine] (German), παλαιό αυτοκίνητο (palaió aftokínito) [masculine] (Greek), genbard (Haitian Creole), טָרָנטָה [feminine] (Hebrew), पुरानी गड़ी (purānī gaṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), rozzant autó (Hungarian), tragacs (Hungarian), bíldrusla [feminine] (Icelandic), drusla [feminine] (Icelandic), mobil tua (Indonesian), catorcio [masculine] (Italian), macinino [masculine] (Italian), ジャロピー (jaropī) (Japanese), ಜಲಪೆನೊ (jalapeno) (Kannada), құлағап тұрған ескі көлігі (qūlağap tūrğan eskı kölıgı) (Kazakh), драндулет (drandulet) (Kazakh), 구식 자동차 (gusik jadongcha) (Korean), 똥차 (ttongcha) (Korean), veca automašīna [feminine] (Latvian), kleras [feminine] (Lithuanian), Jalopp (Luxembourgish), крнтија (krntija) [feminine] (Macedonian), mobil tua (Malay), ജലോപ്പി (jalōppi) (Malayalam), खटारगाडी (khaṭārgāḍī) (Marathi), jalopî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), kjerra (Norwegian), جولوپي [feminine] (Pashto), gruchot [feminine] (Polish), calhambeque [masculine] (Portuguese), chaço [masculine] (Portuguese), lasanha [feminine] (Portuguese), ਜਲੋਪੀ (jalopī) [feminine] (Punjabi), rablă [feminine] (Romanian), драндуле́т (drandulét) [masculine] (Russian), колыма́га (kolymága) [feminine] (Russian), развалю́ха (razvaljúxa) [feminine] (Russian), fana (Samoan), krntija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), جولوپي (Sindhi), නටනවා (naṭanawā) (Sinhalese), kraksňa [feminine] (Slovak), jalalka (Somali), cacharro [masculine] (Spanish), carro destartalado [masculine] (Spanish), carraca (Spanish), tartana (Spanish), mkweche (Swahili), bilskrälle (Swedish), rishög (Swedish), lumang kotse (Tagalog), பழைய ஊர்தி (paḻaiya ūrti) (Tamil), పాతబడి పనికిరాని మోటారు వాహనము (pātabaḍi panikirāni mōṭāru vāhanamu) (Telugu), รถเก่าแก่ (rt̄h kèā kæ̀) (Thai), külüstür araba (Turkish), таратайка (taratajka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), جولوپی (jolopī) [feminine] (Urdu), jalopi (Uzbek), siandri [masculine] (Welsh), דזשאַלאָפּי (dzhalopi) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-jalopy-en-noun-Laauz28W Disambiguation of Automobiles: 62 38 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'old, dilapidated car': 93 7
  2. (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-jalopy-en-noun-NJ3jHEYb Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jalapeño [possibly]

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          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "破舊車"
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          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "autorämä"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "word": "calhambeque"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ǯaliṗi",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "ჯალიპი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alte Kiste"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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          "word": "Rostlaube"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "palaió aftokínito",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "παλαιό αυτοκίνητο"
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          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "genbard"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "טָרָנטָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "purānī gaṛī",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "पुरानी गड़ी"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "rozzant autó"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bíldrusla"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "drusla"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "mobil tua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "catorcio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "macinino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jaropī",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "ジャロピー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "jalapeno",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "ಜಲಪೆನೊ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūlağap tūrğan eskı kölıgı",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "құлағап тұрған ескі көлігі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "drandulet",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "драндулет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gusik jadongcha",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "구식 자동차"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttongcha",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "똥차"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jalopî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "veca automašīna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kleras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "Jalopp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "krntija",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крнтија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "mobil tua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "jalōppi",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "ജലോപ്പി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "khaṭārgāḍī",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "खटारगाडी"
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          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "kjerra"
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "جولوپي"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gruchot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "calhambeque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chaço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lasanha"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "jalopī",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ਜਲੋਪੀ"
        },
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          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "rablă"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "drandulét",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "драндуле́т"
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          "roman": "kolymága",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "колыма́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvaljúxa",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "развалю́ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "fana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krntija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
          "word": "جولوپي"
        },
        {
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          "code": "si",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "ጃላፔኖ"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "uṛōjahaj",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "উড়োজাহাজ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "taratajka",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "таратайка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "trasto"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "破舊車"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòjiù chē",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "破旧车"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kraksna"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spand"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "wrak"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "word": "autorämä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "kottero"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "guimbarde"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "carriole"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tas de ferraille"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯaliṗi",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "ჯალიპი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "παλαιό αυτοκίνητο"
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      "code": "ht",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "genbard"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "טָרָנטָה"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "purānī gaṛī",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पुरानी गड़ी"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "rozzant autó"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "tragacs"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "is",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "drusla"
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    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "mobil tua"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "catorcio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "macinino"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "ジャロピー"
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      "word": "ಜಲಪೆನೊ"
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "құлағап тұрған ескі көлігі"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "драндулет"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "gusik jadongcha",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "구식 자동차"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttongcha",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "똥차"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "jalopî"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "veca automašīna"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kleras"
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      "code": "lb",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "Jalopp"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "крнтија"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "mobil tua"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "jalōppi",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "ജലോപ്പി"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "khaṭārgāḍī",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "खटारगाडी"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "kjerra"
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      "code": "ps",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "جولوپي"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gruchot"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ਜਲੋਪੀ"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "naṭanawā",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "නටනවා"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kraksňa"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "jalalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacharro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carro destartalado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "carraca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "tartana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "mkweche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "bilskrälle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "rishög"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "lumang kotse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "paḻaiya ūrti",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "பழைய ஊர்தி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pātabaḍi panikirāni mōṭāru vāhanamu",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "పాతబడి పనికిరాని మోటారు వాహనము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rt̄h kèā kæ̀",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "รถเก่าแก่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "külüstür araba"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "taratajka",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "таратайка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jolopī",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جولوپی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "word": "jalopi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siandri"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "dzhalopi",
      "sense": "old, dilapidated car",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דזשאַלאָפּי"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Michael Quinion"
  ],
  "word": "jalopy"
}

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