clunker
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clunker¹
- /ˈklʌŋkɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌŋkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From clunk + -er.
noun clunkers · klunker
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A decrepit motor car.
The only rig nobody'd recognize is that clunker that Vic drove here in, and he won't take it.
Similar: banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie, jalopy, junker
- Anything in poor condition or of poor quality. It seemed silly for the crowd to applaud or groan over what you had already felt in your fingers or even in your arms as you braced to shoot or for that matter in your eyes: when he was hot he could see the separate threads wound into the strings looping the hoop. Yet at the start of the game when y
clunker²
- /ˈklʌŋkɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌŋkə(ɹ)
noun clunkers · klunker
- The trachea or windpipe.
- The uvula.
Translations
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noun decrepit motor car
| Español | chatarra, cacharro |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 旧车 jiù chē |
| Português | calhambeque |
| Français | guimbarde, tacot |
| Deutsch | Klapperkiste, Schrottkarre |
| Ελληνικά | σαράβαλο sarávalo |
| Русский | драндулет drandulet |
noun anything in poor condition or of poor quality
| Русский | развалюха razvaljuxa |
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title = {clunker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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