name, noun, slang ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A car made by the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC). Named after American automotive executive John DeLorean
2. 2
   A car made by the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC). Named after American automotive executive John DeLorean; An instance of the DMC-12 DeLorean gullwing-2-door stainless-steel 2-seat sports car
3. 3
   A car made by the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC). Named after American automotive executive John DeLorean; An instance of the DMC-12 DeLorean gullwing-2-door stainless-steel 2-seat sports car; A time machine. A car that time travels. slang

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Romanian.

Example

More examples

"Tom uses his DeLorean to travel through time."

Etymology

From Romanian Delorean, variant of Delurean, from dealuri, plural of deal (“hill”) + -ean (suffix indicating origin).

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