carhop
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of carhop
Example Sentences
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After class, she would take everyone home before heading to her second job as a carhop at Sonic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Klusmann thinks roller-skating is America’s unsung national pastime, a sport that every few years gets a burst of media attention, even if the media spotlight equates it with ’50s carhop culture or ’70s disco balls.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
Richard and Pamela met when they were teenagers, and she was a carhop at a root beer stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2020
By World War II, carhop service was common at drive-up restaurants offering fare such as burgers and ice cream loats, some brought out by roller-skating waitresses.
From Time ● Jul. 4, 2016
The young carhop turned slowly, as if puzzled, then said something to the boys in the Firebird and moved reluctantly toward him.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Guests can charge their Teslas while getting ‘epic bacon’ and tuna melts carhopped to their vehicles, and other unique quirks we learned at the opening of Elon Musk’s new Tesla Diner in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
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