klunker

noun klunkers

1. US, alternative Alternative spelling of clunker; a dilapidated, worn-out, or noisy machine. […] you can get a lot more out of hamming because you will tend to go out and buy a first class rig rather than try to make do with a klunker in case you fail to upgrade.
2. US A decrepit and unreliable car. But sometimes, in trying to keep the ticket down (when the Customer explains that he only wants the old klunker to run as far as the dealer’s lot so he can trade it in) we take a chance and only do a valve job when it really needs a ring job, too. […] We think we’re doing about as careful and consci
3. US A machine built purely out of necessity from salvaged, donated, or outdated parts.
4. US, broadly (computing) A Franken-PC; a Frankensteined system thrown together using mismatched or outdated leftover parts. VB is a rich, extensible, event-driven programming environment in which user interaction is paramount. By contrast, this Excel dialect of VBA is a stringent, top-to-bottom klunker that is not even in VB’s league. Creating a decent interface in VBA, you’ll shortly see, can be described—charitably—as
5. US An old, slow, or decrepit computer; a clunker. The Microsoft ME editor shipped with the MASM 5.0 also seems to be a klunker.
6. US, slang A heavy, balloon-tire bicycle (usually vintage cruisers) that is modified with motorcycle parts and used for extreme off-roading down mountains; these bikes are widely considered the very first mountain bikes.
7. Alternative letter-case form of Klunker
8. Synonym of klinker or clinker.

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