flivver

noun

Definition of flivvernext
as in hulk

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Recent Examples of flivver Eight thousand fans could fit in the bleachers and grandstands, with, as a novelty, room for people in 150 cars to watch the game from their flivvers. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023 In the background are two flivvers, which brought them there over bouncy roads. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019 Leader of the campaign is a white man, the county health officer, a former Georgia farm boy who drove a flivver through fields of mud, 36 miles a day to medical school. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flivver
  1. hulk
  2. crate
  3. wreck
  4. jalopy
Noun
  • In the film, Russell wants a hulk of a man but doesn’t care about money, while Monroe transparently is looking for a man who can fuel her desire for diamonds.
    — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • When Krem takes off in Kara’s spacecraft, a rusted hulk that’s like an interplanetary RV, and shoots her beloved dog Krypto with a lethal tranquilizer that will result in agonizing death in three days, Kara joins Ruthye on her revenge quest.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
Definition of hulk
Noun
  • Those headlights bookend the front with a grille full of vertical slats on the Q9 and an egg-crate design swapping in on S-Line and more powerful SQ9 models.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 29 July 2026
  • According to The Guardian, the trio recently arrived at their new home at Willington Wetlands, emerging one by one from a wooden crate to explore their enclosure and take to the air.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of crate
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  • Then there’s his blurry-eyed car wreck of a wife (Evan Rachel Woods), an actress faded into obsoleteness.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While the wrecks become partially visible during previous dry summers, this year’s drought has exposed far more of the vessels, revealing twisted hulls, decks, and steel structures that have remained underwater for decades.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of wreck
Noun
  • Two doors down, someone is adding to their sizable collection of jalopies.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Ringo Starr’s Jeep is parked next to Tommy Lee’s black jalopy.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of jalopy

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