hooptee

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A form of hooptie — An old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounhooptee (plural hooptees)

plural hooptees

  1. alternativeslangAfrican-AmericanAlternative spelling of hooptie.
    1 more example

    “How many of you guys got a hooptee, raise your hand?” Carlos Caraballo asked his senior auto shop at Automotive High School in Brooklyn. A dozen boys, roughly half the class, raised their hands and began discussing their hooptees. The term is street slang for a cheap, functional car favored by city youths who often tinker tirelessly to make the car a speedster.

    2007 October 24, Corey Kilgannon, “A High School Under the Hood”, in The New York Times
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APA

hooptee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hooptee

MLA

“hooptee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hooptee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hooptee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hooptee.

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