Carhop

//ˈkɑːˌhɒp// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates. US

    "I ended my aimless-roaming-short-term-odd-jobs lifestyle and joyfully went to work at a local restaurant in Langley Park, Maryland, as a carhop."

  2. 2
    a waiter at a drive-in restaurant wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To work as a carhop. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
barmaidbartenderbusboy

Example

More examples

"The carhop skated up to the car."

Etymology

Blend of car + (bell)hop.

Related phrases

drive in

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