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rustbucket en · NOUN

Etymology

From rust + bucket.

Meanings

  1. (slang) An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
    • That sagging old rustbucket is designed like a garbage scow! 1967, David Gerrold, The Trouble with Tribbles, spoken by Korax:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rust bucket alternative lexicographic
rust-bucket alternative lexicographic
rustbuckets Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

junker · crock · old banger · bucket of rust · shitbucket · wreck · jalopy · hunk of junk · bucket of bolts · hooptie · shitbox · bucket of rust · banger · shed · bucket of bolts · shitpot · rattletrap · rustbucket · tin Lizzie · shitcan · crate · clunker · gas guzzler · beater · lemon · flivver

Translations (12)

nl roestbak (old, neglected vehicle) · es tartana (old, neglected vehicle) · de Rostlaube (old, neglected vehicle) · es trespatás (old, neglected vehicle) · es carraca (old, neglected vehicle) · es carrindanga (old, neglected vehicle) · fr tas de ferraille (old, neglected vehicle) · es carcocha (old, neglected vehicle) · pl złom (old, neglected vehicle) · ru ведро́ (old, neglected vehicle) · es carricoche (despective) (old, neglected vehicle) · hu tragacs (old, neglected vehicle)