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
The Valley’s self-regard also sustains the Valley Relics Museum, where the Valley of yore and lore, of carhop drive-ins and a celebrated honky-tonk called the Palomino, live on in their neon signs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
Three years ago, he was a carhop at a Sonic Drive-In in Garland, Tex.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
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
My high school friends would still have been whining over boyfriends and fighting for carhop jobs at the A&W. Their idea of a dog-eat-dog world was Beauty School.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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