different between jalopy vs banger

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, to whose scrap yards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???l?.pi/

Noun

jalopy (plural jalopies)

1. (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
   • 1979, Jack Kerouac, On the road, page 3:

     Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles.

   • 2003, Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts, Deadly Reunion, chapter 22:

     There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it.

2. (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.

Synonyms

• banger, beater, bucket of bolts, clunker, crate, flivver, hooptie, junker, rattletrap, rustbucket, tin Lizzie,lemon

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From bang +? -er. The sausages were so called because of their excess water content and impervious skin, leading to the risk of explosion if not punctured before cooking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?(?)?(?)/

  Rhymes: -æ??(r)

Noun

banger (plural bangers)

1. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
   1. (slang) A person who has sex.
      • 2008, Dewan Gibson, The Imperfect Enjoyment (page 177)

        He is also a former international chick banger.

2. (Britain) A firework that makes a bang.
3. (Britain, slang) A woman's breast.
4. (Britain, New Zealand, Australia, slang) A sausage.

   Synonym: (Australia) snag

5. (slang) An old, worn-out car.

   Synonyms: bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox

6. (US, slang) A cylinder in a car.

7. (US, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
   • 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (page 420)

     Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.

8. (Britain, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
   • 2008, Billboard (volume 120, number 32, page 44)

     Morris' melding of influences ranging from mid-'80s computer technology to Baltimore club bangers to the U.K. rave scene has cemented his reputation as one of London's most formidable DJs.

   • 2012, Mike Skinner, The Story of The Streets (page 31)

     'lce Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials.

9. (slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bergan, graben

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???r

Adjective

banger

1. Comparative form of bang

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

banger

1. inflection of bang:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Maranao

Verb

banger

1. to bite

Synonyms

• bangi'
• bangit