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lowrider

noun

Etymology

From low + rider.

  1. derived from *reudan✻
  2. derived from rēodan — “to clear out”
  3. compounded as lowrider — “low + rider”

Definitions

  1. A vehicle, usually a passenger car, with its suspension system modified so that it rides…

    A vehicle, usually a passenger car, with its suspension system modified so that it rides as low to level ground as possible without dragging.

    • The first lowriders were rounded models from the 1930s and 40s.

  2. The driver or a frequent passenger of such a vehicle.

  3. Attributive form of lowriders.

    • Cecily was dressed as a pile of laundry—wide-legged lowrider pants that she wore down on her hips, layers of shirts, her face dusted with what looked like particles of silver.
    • Another young woman walked past us, wearing tight lowrider trousers and a cropped T-shirt that stopped several inches shy of the trousers.
    • Behind them stood a woman in a pants suit with a poodle on a leash and a couple of teenage girls in lowrider jeans with iPods and earphones that were currently slung around their necks so they could murmur together—earnestly, no giggles.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Used to describe a dog known for its short legs (e.g. a dachshund, corgi, basset hound,…

      Used to describe a dog known for its short legs (e.g. a dachshund, corgi, basset hound, etc.)

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Derived

lowrider bicycle

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA