noun
DeLorean
noun
1
A stainless-steel sports car with gullwing doors made by the DeLorean Motor Company, later famous as the time machine in the Back to the Future films.
"He restored a rusting DeLorean he found in a barn."
"The DeLorean became a pop-culture icon thanks to Back to the Future."
How to Use DeLorean
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe distinctive silver sports car, best known today as the time-traveling car from the movies.
Word Forms
DeLoreans plural, DeLoreans plural
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Etymology
Named after John DeLorean, the American automotive executive whose company built the car in the early 1980s.