rattletrap
Decrepit noisy vehicle
A rattletrap is a rickety, worn-out vehicle or machine that makes clattering noises when it moves: We drove cross-country in an old rattletrap of a car.
The word suggests something barely holding together, shaking and banging with every bump.
It can apply to any dilapidated conveyance—cars, trucks, wagons—or by extension, anything ramshackle.
Dilapidated old vehicle
- clunkerWorn-out old car
- beaterTool for mixing
- rustbucketDilapidated metal vehicle
- junkerDecrepit, worthless automobile
heap · wreck · hooptie · banger · crate · lemon · deathtrap · bomb
Badly deteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
- ricketyUnsteady, liable to collapse
- rundownQuick overview of facts
- shabbyWorn and neglected
tumbledown · crumbling · battered · worn-out · beat-up · broken-down · weathered · threadbare
Making repeated sharp sounds
- clankingHarsh metallic sound
- creakingHarsh, strained noise
- squeakingHigh, thin sound
- groaningEmitting deep, pained sounds
knocking · banging · shuddering · rumbling · grinding · wheezing · sputtering · backfiring
Easily upset, unpredictable
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- faultyHaving defects or errors
- defectiveHaving inherent faults
failing · sputtering · stalling · unreliable · balky · troublesome · problematic · cantankerous
jalopy
Dilapidated old vehicle
- clunkerWorn-out old car
- beaterTool for mixing
- rustbucketDilapidated metal vehicle
junker · heap · wreck · hooptie · banger · crate · lemon · deathtrap · bomb · bucket
ramshackle
Badly deteriorated from neglect
shabby · tumbledown · crumbling · battered · worn-out · beat-up · broken-down · weathered · threadbare · derelict
clattering
Making repeated sharp sounds
groaning · knocking · banging · shuddering · rumbling · grinding · wheezing · sputtering · backfiring · clunking
temperamental
Easily upset, unpredictable
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- faultyHaving defects or errors
defective · failing · sputtering · stalling · unreliable · balky · troublesome · problematic · cantankerous · erratic
- clunkersjalopy, junker, clunker, beater, heap
- broken-downbroken-down, busted, kaput, out of order, inoperative
rattletrapsmooth ride
Comfortable, uninterrupted travel
mint condition · cherry · tight · solid · well-oiled machine
rattletrapluxury car
Expensive, high-end automobile
Rolls-Royce · limousine · Mercedes-Benz · Bentley · mint condition