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(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
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An institution or country in a bad condition or difficult situation (economically, financially or otherwise).
v
(slang) To move or proceed as if in the Batmobile
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(slang) A BMW car or motorcycle.
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(slang) A car or truck that is speeding and is likely to attract the attention of the highway patrol.
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A firearm cartridge designed to produce a loud bang for defence against bears.
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(US, informal) An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition.
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(slang) A BMW motorcycle or automobile.
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Someone who participates in bogtrotting
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(idiomatic, slang) A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
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(US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
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(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
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(idiomatic, slang) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often an old car.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of rustbucket
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(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
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(Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
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Alternative spelling of Chevy. [(informal) A Chevrolet car.]
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Alternative form of chimney sweep [A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.]
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(informal) One of the bullet-shaped protrusions on the bumpers of various 1950s cars, especially Cadillacs.
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(fashion slang, chiefly watch collecting) Synonym of daily driver; an item that can be worn on many occasions.
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(US, Massachusetts) An ice cream truck.
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(MLE, slang) An unregistered car.
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Alternative spelling of dogfight [(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.]
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Alternative spelling of dogfight [(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.]
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Person who competes in dogfighting.
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(US, military, slang, derogatory) An obsequious member of the military who attempts to curry favor with superiors.
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One who offers a better fare or rate.
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(colloquial, dated, Canada, US) An automobile, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
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(slang, automotive, African-American Vernacular) A driving position in which the driver holds the wheel with the hand nearest the window while leaning toward the passenger seat or sitting in a very reclined position.
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(informal) A vehicle that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.
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Obsolete form of gantlope. [The military punishment known as running the gauntlet]
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(US, slang, dated) An automobile.
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(US, military, slang) A sailor.
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(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street drag racer often driving heavily customized cars.
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(informal, African-American English) automobile
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(slang) An old, worn-out car.
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(slang) An old, worn-out car.
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A person employed to pick hops in the hop-picking season.
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Alternative form of jalopy [(US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.]
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(US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A horse-block.
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(informal, US, Canada) A beat-up automobile.
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(slang) A Honda Prelude sports car.
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(slang, in combination) A vehicle whose engine has the specified number of cylinders.
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Alternative form of marngrook [Any of a number of traditional indigenous Australian pastimes involving kicking and catching a stuffed ball, played by large numbers of players across a wide area.]
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(derogatory) Any popular middlebrow model of car.
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(slang, originally US) A fast car.
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(slang, historical) A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer).
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(humorous) A mythical automotive part used either in jokes or to gauge how inept someone is in basic auto mechanics.
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(UK, slang) A decrepit car.
adj
(slang, of a car) fast
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(informal) A game in which the first player to call "Punch buggy!" on sighting a Volkswagen Beetle gets to punch the other.
v
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
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(slang, ethnic slur, humorous) An ordinary automobile (especially a Japanese one) made to look fast or special by adding aftermarket parts
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(slang, US, ethnic slur, derogatory) An automobile, especially one imported from an Oriental country, deemed inferior or cheap, that has been modified with after-market parts in order to appear more powerful or sporty.
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(animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
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(UK, slang) A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle.
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(slang, vulgar) An old and decrepit automobile.
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(historical, chiefly in the plural) A kind of officer or overseer among the Ancient Israelites.
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(South Africa) A banger; an old, battered motor car.
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(US, slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
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(slang) A Volkswagen Type 2 van with a split windshield.
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(slang, derogatory) A person who cleans the windows of a car while it is stopped in traffic and then demands payment.
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(UK, military, slang) A survival equipment fitter.
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(slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
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(slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
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(US slang) An old or beat-up motor vehicle.
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(slang) A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.
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(slang) An inexpensive car.
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(informal, by extension) A small, unpretentious, vintage automobile, especially one that is in run-down condition.
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(automotive, informal, derogatory) Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the Scion xB and Honda Element.
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(slang) A Volkswagen automobile.
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(slang) A fan of Volkswagen automobiles.
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(slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE) A showy motor vehicle, a “whip”.
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