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DeLorean

noun
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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

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In 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.

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