Definition
Plural of clunker; old, unreliable cars or vehicles that make loud, metallic sounds.
Etymology
From 'clunk' (an onomatopoeia representing a dull, heavy sound) plus '-er' suffix meaning something that clunks, plus '-s' for plural. The term became popular in American English in the 20th century to describe beat-up cars.
Kelly Says
The term 'clunker' is wonderfully onomatopoetic—the word literally sounds like what it describes, and it became so popular that the government used 'Cash for Clunkers' as an economic program name!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ክሎንከርስ
klu-n-ker-seu
ARالعربية
كلونكرات
kul-un-kerat
BNবাংলা
ক্লুংকার
klu-ng-kar
CACatalà
clunkers
klu-nkers
CSČeština
clunkers
klu-nkers
DADansk
clunkers
klu-nkers
DEDeutsch
clunkers
klu-nkers
ELΕλληνικά
κλούνκερ
Klonker
ESEspañol
clunkers
klu-nkers
FAفارسی
کلانکرها
k-la-nker-ha
FISuomi
clunkers
klu-nkers
FRFrançais
clunkers
klu-nkers
HEעברית
קלונקרים
k-lo-nkerim
HUMagyar
clunkers
klu-nkers
IDBahasa Indonesia
clunkers
klu-nkers
ITItaliano
clunkers
klu-nkers
KKKK
көлөнкерлер
k-o-len-ker-ler
KO한국어
클렁커스
keul-leong-keo-seu
MSBahasa Melayu
clunkers
klu-nkers
MYမြန်မာ
ကလူနကာ
ka-lu-nka
NLNederlands
clunkers
klu-nkers
NONorsk
clunkers
klu-nkers
PLPolski
clunkers
klu-nkers
PTPortuguês
clunkers
klu-nkers
RORomână
clunkers
klu-nkers
RUРусский
клоукеры
klo-u-keri
SVSvenska
clunkers
klu-nkers
SWKiswahili
clunkers
klu-nkers
TAதமிழ்
클ங்커ஸ்
keul-ng-keo-seu
TEతెలుగు
క్లంగర్స్
klu-ng-ar-seu
THไทย
คลันเกอร์ส
klu-n-ger-seu
TRTürkçe
clunkers
klu-nkers
UKУкраїнська
клоукери
klo-u-keri
URاردو
کلونکرز
klu-nker-zu
VITiếng Việt
clunkers
klu-nkers