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clunker

US/ˈklʌŋkɚ/

clunker noun: a decrepit motor car.

Noun (1)

clunker (plural clunkers)

  1. (informal) A decrepit motor car.
    • The only rig nobody'd recognize is that clunker that Vic drove here in, and he won't take it.2004, Teralee E. M. Bird, What the Herald Angel Sang (Seraphim Trilogy Book One)
    • So don't think for a moment that your old but tired vehicle matters only to you. Your clunker is cash money to professional thieves.2008 July 9, Jacqueline Mitchell, “America's Most Stolen Vehicles”, in Forbes magazine
  2. (informal) 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...1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 34
    • I bought an old clunker of a typewriter.1974 October 3, Erma Bombeck, “Who's Been Playing At Erma's Typewriter?”, in Ocala Star-Banner, retrieved 02 Sep 2009, page 12A

Noun (2)

clunker (plural clunkers)

  1. (Cornwall, obsolete) The trachea or windpipe.
  2. (Cornwall, obsolete) The uvula.

clunker meaning in Tamil

clunker in Tamil

குறைபாடுடைய நிலையில், அல்லது குறைந்த தரத்திலிருக்கும் பொருள்

Synonyms of clunker

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Forms of clunker

pluralclunkers
alternative formklunker

Origin of clunker

From clunk + -er.

Words that rhyme with clunker

Questions about clunker

What does clunker mean?
Clunker means a decrepit motor car.
What is clunker in Tamil?
Clunker in Tamil is குறைபாடுடைய நிலையில், அல்லது குறைந்த தரத்திலிருக்கும் பொருள். See Clunker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is clunker?
Clunker is a noun.
How do you pronounce clunker?
Clunker is pronounced /ˈklʌŋkɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of clunker?
The plural of clunker is clunkers.

Words near clunker in the dictionary

  1. Cluniacs
  2. clunial
  3. Clunie Water
  4. clunk
  5. clunked
  6. clunker
  7. clunkers
  8. clunkier
  9. clunkiest
  10. clunkily
  11. clunkiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clunker (page history and authors); clunker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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