carhop

noun

car·​hop ˈkär-ˌhäp How to pronounce carhop (audio)
: one who serves customers at a drive-in restaurant

Examples of carhop in a Sentence

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Order from your car, and a carhop will deliver your food just like the good ol’ days. — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 June 2025 Customers can order in its sit-down space or via carhop service while charging their electric vehicles. — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025 Angel, dressed like a carhop on roller skates (a nod to Shepard’s earlier The Tooth of Crime), wore white leather rhinestone shorts and a white mesh top. — Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025 The no-frills, low-cost burger joint has two old-timey carhop locations — one on Northwest Highway and the other on Harry Hines Boulevard. — Dallas News, 21 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for carhop

Word History

Etymology

car + -hop (as in bellhop)

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carhop was in 1923

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“Carhop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carhop. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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