clunker

1 a dilapidated old automobile she drove a clunker because she couldn't afford anything better Synonyms beater, crate, jalopy, junkerRelated Words flivver, hulk, wreck; lemon

2 something that has failed a real clunker, the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, failure, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washoutRelated Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarterNear Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenonAntonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner