English Explanatory Dictionary

rattletrap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
noun
  1. A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.
  2. Any piece of miscellaneous equipment or junk.
  3. A type of noisemaker in which the teeth of a gear repeatedly bend and release a stiff tongue.
  4. A person's mouth.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

rattletrap rattletraps

Etymology

From rattle + trap.

Synonyms

banger bucket of bolts beater bucket of rust clunker crate crock flivver hooptie jalopy junker lemon old banger rattletrap rustbucket shed shitbox shitpot shitcan shitbucket tin Lizzie wreck trap yap
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