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.
Etymology
Origin of lowrider
Example Sentences
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A man in a lowrider bike weaves through the crowd while another merchant blows bubbles to the delight of little kids.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
My dad was the first person that I knew who had a lowrider, and my husband motivated me to get my own.
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
Returning to Southern California for her master’s at Cal State Northridge and doctorate at Claremont Graduate University, Sandoval eventually connected with the Petersen museum, which invited her to curate its first lowrider exhibit in 2000.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 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
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