lowrider
Americannoun
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an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
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a person, often a teenager, who owns and drives such a car.
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If you close your eyes, you could see the trio’s lowrider rolling down Whittier Blvd, with all three mischief-makers hanging out the windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 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
I think of a lowrider as a certain class of car with custom paint, 13-inch wheels, hydraulics…It’s your own little art piece on wheels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 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
She stands out when she brings her fresh build-outs to places like Pomona Swap Meet, where gearheads, lowriders and hot-rodders have met to show off their cars since the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
I grew up around lowriders, and I’ve always admired the lifestyle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
When journalists call her for quotes, Sandoval debunks stereotypes that have long followed lowriders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
Match them with lowriders cruising, maybe with Snoop Dogg leading the cruise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
Even though the riots stopped, we pass as many tanks as we pass lowriders.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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