lowrider

noun

low·​rid·​er ˈlō-ˌrī-dər How to pronounce lowrider (audio)
: a customized car with a chassis that has been lowered so that it narrowly clears the ground

Examples of lowrider in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Intergenerational relationships are crucial to maintaining the lowrider community. Keyaira Boone, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024 Their passions range from empowering fellow Latinos and researching health disparities to sharing lowrider culture and advocating for safer roadways. Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024 For those who missed the news, late last fall Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 436, which repeals local authorities’ ability to prohibit the decades-old tradition of bouncing, hopping and cruising down city streets showing off custom lowriders. Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024 The Los Angeles Record Fair is slanging records, Beat Swap Meet DJs are on the ones and twos, Los Supreme Car Club exhibits lowriders and SELA Art Center hosts a free costume life drawing with resident artist Shadia Elise. Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024 But in the decades that followed, bans were imposed on cruising by cities and counties that stereotyped lowriders as being associated with crime and gangs. Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023 The 1966 Chevrolet Caprice lowrider is owned by Tina L. Blankenship-Early, a street sweeper operator who lives in Los Angeles. A.j. Baime, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023 Tuesday, From the Archives ran a picture of lowrider cars and few guys standing next to them. Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023 After coming out of the era of the in-crowd with nice metal flake cars and hot rodders, the lowriders [arrived]. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lowrider was circa 1972

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“Lowrider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowrider. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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