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DeLorean

DeLorean

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A sports car from the early 1980s with a shiny metal body and doors that open upward
  • noun
  • /dɪˈlɔːriən/
: DeLorean
  • Oh, uh, there are a couple bags in the DeLorean.
  • John DeLorean
  • drive a DeLorean
  • DeLorean sports car

Yeah, it's we don't get in a DeLorean until unless you want your mom to hit on you.

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Examples

  • And this is where Lloyd is expected to roll up in a DeLorean.

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  • Then why not style it out to look like the DeLorean from Back to the Future, right?

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  • You showed up to the first day of school in a DeLorean?

  • Henry Ford and John DeLorean were witnesses.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The DeLorean is double-parked out front.

  • Back to the Future co-writer and producer is trying to restore the DeLorean from the movie.

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  • Perhaps the most iconic of the movie's props, the actual time machine was a DeLorean DMC-12.

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  • At the end of the movie Back to the Future, a brilliant scientist called "Doc" refueled a DeLorean with a handful of household trash.

    Academic text (2000)
  • So I want you all to power up your flex capacitors, buckle into your Deloreans, and get ready for a wild ride.

  • The DeLorean was a popular choice among car enthusiasts for its unique design.

Surface Forms

DeLorean singular
DeLoreans plural

Etymology

DeLorean comes from the family name of car maker John DeLorean, who founded the DeLorean Motor Company. So a DeLorean is the sports car made under his name, famous for its stainless-steel body and gull-wing doors.