lowrider

American  

[loh-rahy-der] / ˈloʊˈraɪ dər /

noun

1. an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.

2. a person, often a teenager, who owns and drives such a car.

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Etymology

Origin of lowrider

First recorded in 1975–80; low ¹ + rider

Example Sentences

Earlier in 2025, the My Ride column featured Sandy Avila, a construction company office administration manager living in Pasadena, Calif., and her 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS lowrider that she named Highly Favored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Sandy Avila, a 42-year-old construction company office administration manager living in Pasadena, Calif., on her 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS lowrider, as told to A.J.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Lines of folklorico dancers, norteño musicians and lowrider bikers normally burst with cultural pride at the Milpas Street Holiday Parade on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

It features a lowrider funeral in San Bernardino and a nurse who sings like Mary Wells.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025

There’s a lowrider that’s painted to look like a box of Froot Loops, and a truck on some of the biggest rims I’ve ever seen in my life.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas