flivver
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈflɪvər/
- Archaic
:
cacharro
- The flivver was so rusty and unreliable that no one wanted to borrow it.
Examples
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You think you're sitting in the back seat of a flivver?
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I'm always shaking like a flivver
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If you'd like to test my driving... ...hop into the flivver and I'll show you the view from Lookout Mountain.
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The old flivver broke down on the side of the road after just a few miles.
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She laughed as she climbed into the tiny flivver, remembering all the adventures they had in it.
Synonyms
9
8.0
An old car in bad condition that often breaks down
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6.1
An old car in bad condition that often breaks down
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5.2
An old car that is worn out and often breaks down
An old car that often breaks and does not work well
An old car that often breaks down and does not work well
An old noisy car that often breaks down
An old car that often breaks down and is not reliable
A car that often does not start or breaks down
Antonyms
Compounds
How Unreliable
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word flivver is an old American word for a small, cheap car that often breaks down. A helpful way to remember it is one idea links it to 'fiver', meaning 'a small amount of money', or to a playful word for a noisy, shaky machine, so a flivver is easy to think of as a low-cost, unreliable car.