🚙 A vintage car 🍆 An erection 🏌️ A golf club

woodie

1 8.7

An old car with wooden panels on its sides

noun
/ˈwʊdi/

: coche con carrocería de madera

The classic woodie was a popular choice for family vacations in the mid-20th century.
Ford woodie

Examples

Great point—with as many fake convertible roofs as got applied to Town Cars, I am surprised that nobody did an aftermarket woodie kit for a Taurus.

Blog text (17)
Her idea of dancing was disco-slinking around, an erotic solo performed in front of an anonymous mannequin-worshiper who stood there like a totem pole with a weatherworn woodie.

Fiction book (1998)
To many hundreds of woodies, Woody.
♪ I'm hotdogging on my board ♪ ♪ till the sun goes down ♪ ♪ I jump into my woodie ♪ ♪ and I make it back to town ♪ ♪ My secret surfin’ spot ♪ ♪ where only I know ♪

Beach Party (1963)
Many car enthusiasts restore woodie wagons to showcase at vintage car shows.
My uncle's woodie has beautiful wooden panels that give it a unique vintage charm.

Synonyms

woody

vswoodie

Offensive

12 8.6

A car with wood panels along the sides or slang for an erection

is a vintage car from the 1930s to 1950s with wooden body panels

classic car

vswoodie

11 3.5

An older car that people collect and keep in good condition because of its age and style

is defined by a specific older era and wooden exterior rather than value focus

Surface Forms

woodie singular

woodies plural

Morphology

woodie = wood (transparent) = wood + ie

The term directly refers to a car with wooden body panels, so the connection to 'wood' is straightforward even though it is a specialized historical label.

Etymology

Woodie comes from wood, because many older cars had wooden panels on their sides. That's why a woodie means a vintage car with wood on its body.