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clunker

[ kluhng-ker ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. something worthless or inferior.
  2. Also klunk·er. an old, worn-out vehicle or machine, especially a car.


clunker

/ ˈklʌŋkə /

noun

  1. a dilapidated old car or other machine
  2. something that fails

    the novel's last line is a clunker

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of clunker1

1940–45, Americanism; clunk + -er 1; clinker 1
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Example Sentences

Still, even if they were no longer immune to the odd clunker now and again, Culpepper, Dawson and Warner all went on to post multiple great seasons after their first tastes of poor play.

The Packers have won six straight games since their pitiful 38-3 season-opening clunker against New Orleans.

Rent, utilities, replacing the clunker of a car with less clunky car.

Aldama will continue to do food deliveries as long as his clunker of a car starts, and he plans to apply for more in-person jobs after he’s vaccinated.

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His last outing was a clunker against the Nationals in which he allowed five runs on three hits, walked three and recorded just one out.

And for the second time in six months, he delivered a clunker.

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