🚗 A soft-roof car 🚗 With soft roof

ragtop

6.1

Having a soft roof that folds down on a car

adjective
/ˈræɡtɑp/

: cabriolet

The classic car show featured a beautiful ragtop Mustang from the 1960s.

Examples

The classic car show featured a beautiful ragtop Mustang from the 1960s.
He drove his ragtop down the coast with the roof folded back to enjoy the sun.
Many people prefer a ragtop for summer drives because of the open-air experience.
I love my ragtop!
What a beautiful ragtop you have!
He drove his ragtop down the coast with the roof folded back to enjoy the sun.
Many people prefer a ragtop for summer drives because of the open-air experience.

Antonyms

hardtop

3 4.9

A car with a fixed hard roof like a convertible but with no folding top

Surface Forms

ragtop positive

Morphology

ragtop = ragtop (semi-transparent) = rag + top

The adjectival use is a conversion from the noun 'ragtop', which itself is fairly clear as a 'rag' or fabric top, though the slangy vehicle sense is somewhat lexicalized.

Etymology

Ragtop comes from the parts rag ('cloth') and top ('roof'). That is why, used as an adjective, ragtop describes a car that has a soft, foldable roof you can open for open-air driving.