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No, but there are many slang terms that mean “old car” such as: “clunker”, “jalopy”, “beater”, “hunk of junk”, and “hooptie” (said HOOP- teeh).

What does it mean to beat up car?

: badly worn or damaged by use or neglect a beat-up old car.

What do you call a bad car?

Terminology. Numerous slang terms are used to describe such cars, which vary by country and region, including hooptie, jalopy, shed, clunker, lemon, banger, bomb, beater, bunky, old bomb, rust bucket, voodoo, wreck, heap, bucket, paddock basher, paddock bomb, death trap, disaster on wheels, rattletrap, or shitbox.

What word means to beat up?

Synonyms for beat-up. bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels.

Is it beaten up or beat up?

Beat up is an idiomatic expression requiring both words in the phrase. Otherwise, beat would mean bested in a contest of rivals. Beaten is the past participle of to beat.

What does beat up mean in slang?

adjective. Slang. dilapidated, battered, shabby, deteriorated, etc.

Why are cars called lemons?

The face a person makes when their new car is stuck on the side of the road is like the one made after biting into a lemon. The flip side of the fruit-related explanation is that it relates to the appearance. A lemon, like a new car, looks shiny and appealing.

How do you say old car?

antique car

1. antique automobile.
2. classic automobile.
3. vintage car.

What can I say instead of beat up?

synonyms for beat up

• batter.
• attack.
• hammer.
• knock around.
• pulverize.
• thrash.
• work over.

Pejorative terms include beater, bucket, clunker, crate, heap, jalopy, junker, rattletrap, and wreck. (“Gas guzzler,” meanwhile, emphasizes a car’s lack of fuel economy, and “land yacht” also indicates excessive size.)

What is another word for old car?

What is another word for classic car?

How do you use beat up?

beaten up in a sentence

1. We got beaten up for not consulting the Mexican government first.
2. They fear getting hurt, getting rejected and getting beaten up.
3. She was beaten up twice, and a colleague mysteriously disappeared.
4. “They’ve just beaten up on those teams.
5. I’ve been beaten up for five years in Phoenix.

What does the idiom’beat something up’mean?

beat something up. 1. to whip up something, such as an egg. Beat the egg up and pour it in the skillet. Beat up another egg and do the same. 2. to ruin something; to damage something. The banging of the door has really beat this wall up.

How did the Philippine dance Cordillera get its name?

Philippine Dances Cordillera. Cordillera. C ordillera, a name given by the Spanish Conquistadors when they first saw the mountain ranges. Meaning “knotted rope”, the Spanish term refers to the jumbled rolls and dips of this long-range traversing the northern part of Luzon Island. Today, if one is to generalize one of the six ethno-linguistic

What does the Banga dance in the Philippines mean?

“Banga” literally mean pots. The Banga or pot dance is a contemporary performance of Kalinga of the Mountain Province in the Philippines. This dance illustrate the languid grace of a tribe otherwise known as fierce warriors .

What does the Gaddang dance in the Philippines mean?

In this dance, the Gaddang imitate birds attracted to tobacco trees. Two tareketek woodpeckers vie for the attention of three females. One Male woodpecker rhythmically bang on a brass gong to represent a good voice, while the other swish about a colorful blanket representing beautiful plumage.

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Somewhat old fashioned, and not an adjective like your examples, but a noun, jalopy:

• (Informal) An old, dilapidated motor vehicle, especially an automobile. (AHD)

Comments below suggest adding the following:

Usage example: «We hopped in the jalopy and rattled off to town.»

Competitors: Words like junker, heap, and clunker are probably also heard more frequently in the New York than in the south. Jalopy has the advantage of unambiguously denoting an automobile without additional context, which is unlikely to be true of the other words.

Regional note: While it is true that jalopy originated in the USA, it appears to have been adopted in the UK as well, perhaps owing to the American military presence coinciding with the word’s peak in popularity. Also note that jalopy has not been surpassed by junker or clunker in either British or American English, according to ngrams, though it must be noted that this does not reflect the spoken language:

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American English

British English

Archaic: If we take archaic to mean having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses (m-w.com) then yes, «jalopy» is archaic, as «somewhat old-fashioned» was intended to indicate. However, a list of archaic words found at http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/archaic-words-american consists mostly of words that are far less familiar than «jalopy.» It appears to be a question of where we draw the line.

It is also possible that jalopy is enjoying a revival, as evidenced by the popular culture references mentioned in the comments.

‘OLD CAR’ is a 6 letter
Phrase
starting with O and ending with R

Crossword answers for OLD CAR