ghetto blaster

noun

, Slang.

1. a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.

ghetto blaster

noun

1. informal.
   a large portable cassette recorder or CD player with built-in speakers

Example Sentences

Later he demonstrates how he'd record primitive songs on his old ghetto blaster, before wheeling out a proper drum kit and thrashing out Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

From BBC

“There’s a ghetto blaster,” she said, pointing to a beat-up-looking box chained to the dresser.

From Literature

On my nephew’s ghetto blaster, I put on some Bach.

From The Guardian

Karen Finley, the American performance artist, was really good about us using her sample: “Drop that ghetto blaster!”

From The Guardian

I have a very strong image of me sitting in my childhood bedroom, with the lights all dimmed, listening to this on my ghetto blaster.

From The Guardian