Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscle car

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cle- -car
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a variety of automobiles, especially American coupes from the 1960s and early 1970s, that are modified to look and perform like race cars and equipped with large, powerful V-8 engines that allow for quick acceleration to high speeds; but still designed for travel on regular highways.

Example Sentences

"In his senior year, he had run across an old '66 Chevy Super Sport headed for the junkyard, bought it for a song, and overhauled it with his dad's help, turning it into the big red muscle car it was back in its day."
"During high school he'd spent four years working as a breakfast cook and dishwasher in Sal's calzone restaurant, saving up enough money to buy himself a muscle car, a maroon 1973 Mercury Cougar XR-7, which he painted black."

Etymology

From muscle + car.

Inflected Forms

muscle cars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pony car sportscar supercar hot rod

Questions

What does muscle car mean?: Any of a variety of automobiles, especially American coupes from the 1960s and early 1970s, that are modified to look and perform like race cars and equipped with large, powerful V-8 engines that allow for quick acceleration to high speeds; but still designed for travel on regular highways.
Where does muscle car come from?: From muscle + car.

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