ghetto blaster

plural ghetto blasters · alternative ghettoblaster

1. slangA portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boombox.

   We got tired of him carrying his ghetto blaster down our street every day.

   2 more examples

   “Mr. Johnson, in future I’d like you to leave your ghetto blaster at home, please.” She cast a withering look at the giant radio.

   1980 May, Leonore Fleischer, Fame: A Novel, page 63

   Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.

   2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 158

2. broadlyA car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted.

   We got tired of him driving his ghetto blaster down our street every day.