lowrider
Americannoun
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an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
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a person, often a teenager, who owns and drives such a car.
Etymology
Origin of lowrider
Example Sentences
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Vendor booths replaced vinyl racks, some selling miniature lowrider replicas and Chicano-inspired artwork.
From Los Angeles Times
Vera, who was born and raised in northeast Los Angeles, grew up watching her dad and cousins fixing up their cars in the lowrider scene of 1990s Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times
“Oh, it needs a lowrider. It needs a palm tree. It needs perfect orange, cotton candy lighting.”
From Los Angeles Times
Earlier in 2025, the My Ride column featured Sandy Avila, a construction company office administration manager living in Pasadena, Calif., and her 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS lowrider that she named Highly Favored.
If you close your eyes, you could see the trio’s lowrider rolling down Whittier Blvd, with all three mischief-makers hanging out the windows.
From Los Angeles Times
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