lowrider

[ loh-rahy-der ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowrider¹

First recorded in 1975–80; low ¹ + rider

Example Sentences

Whenever I host a dinner party, my go-to playlist is all lowrider oldies, specifically “Family Reunion” by the O’Jays.

From Los Angeles Times

He added lowrider pinstripes, bright orange marigolds and papel picado in the foreground.

From Los Angeles Times

Born into a family of self-described “motor heads,” identical twin artist duo the Perez Brothers present “Firme,” a collection of detailed, monochrome paintings in vivid color, evoking the one-of-a-kind murals synonymous with lowrider car culture.

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Painting together, the brothers chose their subjects from a personal archive of photographs, gathered over a lifetime immersed in the lowrider scene.

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“At that time, I was also building a lowrider and I was in a car club in East L.A. We used to have our meetings on Beverly and Atlantic at the Mobil gas station.”

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