hooptee

English

Noun

hooptee (plural hooptees)

1. (slang, African-American) Alternative spelling of hooptie
   • 2007 October 24, Corey Kilgannon, “A High School Under the Hood”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “How many of you guys got a hooptee, raise your hand?” Carlos Caraballo asked his senior auto shop at Automotive High School in Brooklyn. A dozen boys, roughly half the class, raised their hands and began discussing their hooptees. The term is street slang for a cheap, functional car favored by city youths who often tinker tirelessly to make the car a speedster.