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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklʌŋkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: clunkers [plural], klunker [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From clunk + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|clunk|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From clunk + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} clunker (plural clunkers)
  1. (informal) A decrepit motor car. Tags: informal Translations (decrepit motor car): тарата́йка (taratájka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бри́чка (bríčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), тро́шка (tróška) (Bulgarian), тараля́сник (taraljásnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ща́йга (štájga) [colloquial] (Bulgarian), кару́ца (karúca) [colloquial] (Bulgarian), копто́р (koptór) [colloquial] (Bulgarian), 旧车 (jiù chē) (Chinese Mandarin), kraksna [feminine] (Czech), aŭtaĉo (Esperanto), rotisko (Finnish), rottelo (Finnish), romu (Finnish), guimbarde [feminine] (French), tacot [masculine] (French), Klapperkiste [feminine] (German), Schrottkarre [feminine] (German), σαράβαλο (sarávalo) [neuter] (Greek), chidíchxǫ́ʼí (Navajo), grat [masculine] (Polish), rzęch [masculine] (Polish), złom [masculine] (Polish), gruchot [masculine] (Polish), strucel [masculine] (Polish), rupieć [masculine] (Polish), wrak [masculine] (Polish), dezel [masculine] (Polish), calhambeque [masculine] (Portuguese), драндулет (drandulet) (Russian), chatarra [feminine] (Spanish), cacharro [masculine] (Spanish), isikorokoro [class-7, class-8] (Xhosa)
    Sense id: en-clunker-en-noun-yKrd8Nhz Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Xhosa translations, Automobiles Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 2 4 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Automobiles: 85 5 5 5 Synonyms: banger [UK], beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock [UK], flivver [Canada, US, dated], gas guzzler, hooptie, jalopy [US, dated], junker [Canada, US], lemon, old banger [UK], rattletrap, rustbucket, shed [UK], shitbox [vulgar], shitpot [vulgar], shitcan [vulgar], shitbucket [vulgar], tin Lizzie, wreck Disambiguation of 'decrepit motor car': 100 0
  2. (informal) Anything in poor condition or of poor quality. Tags: informal Translations (anything in poor condition or of poor quality): vacak (Hungarian), grat [masculine] (Polish), złom [masculine] (Polish), rupieć [masculine] (Polish), развалюха (razvaljuxa) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clunker-en-noun-S3aSJJ6j Disambiguation of 'anything in poor condition or of poor quality': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklʌŋkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: clunkers [plural], klunker [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clunker (plural clunkers)
  1. (Cornwall, obsolete) The trachea or windpipe. Tags: Cornwall, obsolete
    Sense id: en-clunker-en-noun-ub8uPytX Categories (other): Cornish English
  2. (Cornwall, obsolete) The uvula. Tags: Cornwall, obsolete
    Sense id: en-clunker-en-noun-~lDzL8pt Categories (other): Cornish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "2008 July 9, Jacqueline Mitchell, “America's Most Stolen Vehicles”, in Forbes magazine,\nSo don't think for a moment that your old but tired vehicle matters only to you. Your clunker is cash money to professional thieves."
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋkə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clunker"
}

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