Jitney Edit Meaning

1.

Unlicensed taxi cabs that service high-crime areas where licensed cabs don't want to go.

We took a jitney to the grocery store cu'z his car done broke.

2.

A jitney is a makeshift taxicab service that usually accepts alternative forms of payment, such as crack cocaine or sexual favors. These operate solely in the hood.

Moesha, since yo' car was repo'd you gotsta call me a jitney, I ain't walkin. I ain't got no money so gimme an 8ball.

See Cheerio

3.

Originaly a jitney was an African who wears their traditional tribal dress (especially in a setting that it looks out of place- eg. a city) however the word can also be used as a general term for someone who wears traditional dress or just stands out from the crowd.

I was watching a show on Cape Town and in there were a group of Jitneys on the street when everyone else was wearing suits

OR

HAHA who comes to work in a Pink shirt; that guy is such a Jitney

See african, dress, clothing, funny, traditional

4.

a very large and useless car, named after the bus that travels between manhattan and the hamptons. for example, a 1999 gmc yukon that only has two-wheel drive.

1. the jitney flipped over when i tried to turn into a parking space at whole foods.

2. can it stop on a dime? you'll be lucky if the jitney can stop on forty-eight hundred dollars.

See cars, trucks

5.

meaning something cheap,not of good value.

This stereo is jitney.

See cheap, junk, rip off