junker
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌŋkər/
- Informal
:
carro viejo
- After years of service, the truck finally became just another junker in the garage.
- an old junker
- junker car
- driving a junker
Examples
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Or maybe the several hundred men could pool their funds and buy a junker car that they could share.
Blog text (12) -
I shift into four-wheel drive and get the most out of my old Japanese junker with nearly bald tires.
Fiction book (1992) -
That junker looks older than you.
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So I had to drive him all the way back in that junker of yours.
Fiction book (1995) -
We want to get you out of that junker.
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I'll be surprised if he even makes it to Tatooine in that junker.
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Her old red Chevy looked right at home among the junkers in the street.
Fiction book (1995) -
No, Step needed a car and DeAnne needed a car, and there was no way they could scrape together the money right now even to buy a junker, let alone something dependable.
Fiction book (1992) -
I wouldn't be criticizing somebody's hat if all I owned in the world was this gas-guzzling junker.
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I had only to fix up the old junker—let's upgrade that to clunker—for her to knock around in, the later model being reserved for family use.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
9
8.0
An old car in bad condition that often breaks down
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6.7
A thing like a car that often breaks or does not work
3
5.2
An old car that is worn out and often breaks down
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9.2
A worn-out thing like a car or bike that is not worth much
An old car that often breaks down and does not work well
An old noisy car that often breaks down
An old, uncomfortable vehicle like a car or bicycle that shakes on bumpy roads
Compounds
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Junker also comes from junk 'old, useless things' plus the ending -er, so when people call a car a junker they mean it is an old, worn-out vehicle — like a piece of junk on wheels.