old gazoo
- noun
- Archaic
:
coche viejo
- The old gazoo broke down again halfway to the store.
Examples
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Don't trust that old gazoo to get you to work on time!
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She finally traded in her old gazoo for something more reliable.
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He always drives his old gazoo to work.
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My grandfather's old gazoo still runs after all these years.
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She finally traded in her old gazoo for something more reliable.
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The old gazoo broke down again halfway to the store.
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Don't trust that old gazoo to get you to work on time!
Synonyms
9
8.0
An old car in bad condition that often breaks down
4
6.1
An old car in bad condition that often breaks down
3
5.2
An old car that is worn out and often breaks down
3
8.1
A vehicle that is old, noisy and often breaks down
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9.9
A small, cheap car that often breaks down
1
9.2
A worn-out thing like a car or bike that is not worth much
An old car that often breaks and does not work well
An old noisy car that often breaks down
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an old vehicle' is directly and transparently composed from 'old' (not new) modifying 'gazoo' (vehicle); an adjective+noun combination yields the expected literal interpretation. This follows a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words, despite 'gazoo' being informal or rare.
Etymology
The noun old gazoo may come from a simple picture: people likened a noisy, clattery car to a small buzzing toy like a kazoo, so the worn vehicle was called a gazoo. That's why old gazoo means 'an old or unreliable vehicle' today.