verb
- past tense of carhop; worked as a carhop (a server who takes orders and delivers food to customers in their cars at a drive-in restaurant)
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; historical
Examples
- She carhopped at the local drive-in during her high school summers.
- My grandmother carhopped in the 1950s and earned good tips.
- He carhopped for two years before going to college.
- Many teenagers carhopped at drive-in restaurants back then.