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单词 clunker
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clunker

[ kluhng-ker ]
/ ˈklʌŋ kər /
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noun Informal.

something worthless or inferior.
Also klunk·er . an old, worn-out vehicle or machine, especially a car.
clunk (def. 4).

Origin of clunker

1940–45, Americanism;clunk + -er1; cf. clinker1

Words nearby clunker

clumsy, clunes, clung, Cluniac, clunk, clunker, clunkhead, clunky, Cluny, Cluny lace, clupeid
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Example sentences from the Web for clunker

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

    Obama Delivers Another Clunker|Peter Beinart|May 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for clunker

clunker
/ (ˈklʌŋkə) /

noun informal

mainly US a dilapidated old car or other machine
something that failsthe 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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