droptopとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A rhyming colloquial form derived from the fact that the roof (top) of the car drops down.

名詞

drop top (plural drop tops)

1. (colloquial, US) A convertible car, the roof of which can be folded down to form an open-top vehicle.
   • 1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator:

     I gotta go 'cause I got me a drop-top / And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop

   • 1998, “Moment of Truth”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:

     You got no hand skills, there's no security to save ya / No pager, no celly, no drop top Benz-y

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