🚙 A vintage car 🏌️ A golf club 🍆 An erection

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

10 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

8 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.