clunker

UK: /ˈklʌŋkə/ US: /ˈklʌŋkɚ/ ,(klung′kər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

clunk•er /ˈklʌŋkɚ/   n. [countable] [Informal.]

1. Informal Terms something worthless or inferior.
2. Informal Terms an old, worn-out machine, esp. a car.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

clunk•er  (klung′kər), n. [Informal.]

1. Informal Terms something worthless or inferior.
2. Informal Terms Also, klunker. an old, worn-out vehicle or machine, esp. a car.
3. clunk (def. 4).

• 1940–45, American; clunk + -er¹; compare clinker³

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

clunker / ˈklʌŋkə/ noun

1. a dilapidated old car or other machine
2. something that fails: the novel's last line is a clunker