clunker

English

Etymology

clunk +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklʌŋkɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

clunker (plural clunkers)

1. (informal) A decrepit motor car.
   • 2004, Teralee E. M. Bird, What the Herald Angel Sang (Seraphim Trilogy Book One), →ISBN:

     The only rig nobody'd recognize is that clunker that Vic drove here in, and he won't take it.

2. (informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.
   • 1974, Erma Bombeck, "Who's Been Playing At Erma's Typewriter?," Ocala Star-Banner, 3 Oct., p. 12A (retrieved 2 Sep. 2009):

     I bought an old clunker of a typewriter.

   • 2006, Elizabeth Crane, "Books: Best book by a Chicago author" (Review of Trouble by Patrick Somerville), Time Out Chicago, 28 Dec. (retrieved 2 Sep. 2009):

     All of the stories have a subtle undercurrent of brutality, and the writing is consistently sharp, direct and darkly funny, and there’s not a clunker in the bunch.

Translations

decrepit motor car

• Bulgarian: таратайка f (taratajka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旧车 (jiù chē)

• Czech: kraksna (cs) f
• Finnish: rotisko (fi), rottelo, romu (fi)
• French: guimbarde (fr) f, tacot (fr) m
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• Greek: σαράβαλο (el) n (sarávalo)
• Navajo: chidíchxǫ́ʼí
• Polish: grat (pl) m, rzęch (pl) m, złom (pl) m, gruchot m, strucel (pl) m, rupieć (pl) m, wrak (pl) m, dezel (pl) m
• Russian: драндулет (ru) (drandulet)
• Spanish: chatarra (es) f, cacharro (es) m

anything in poor condition or of poor quality

• Hungarian: vacak (hu)
• Polish: grat (pl) m, złom (pl) m, rupieć (pl) m
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• Russian: развалюха (ru) f (razvaljuxa)

Anagrams

• crunkle