lowrider

(rīd′ər)

or low-rider

noun

  1. a car modified with a lowered suspension, so that the body is very close to the road, used for cruising slowly
  2. the driver, or a passenger, in such a car

See lowrider in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or low-rid·er or low rider

noun
Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
  1. A customized car whose springs have been shortened so that the chassis rides close to the ground, often equipped with hydraulic lifts that can be controlled by the driver: “a 1964 Chevrolet Impala low rider belonging to Clemente Fuentes, who can make the car rock and wobble like a conga dancer” (Edmund Newton).
  2. A person who drives such a car.

Related Forms:

  • lowˈridˌer adjective

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