junker
1 of 2noun (1)
junk·er ˈjəŋ-kər 
: something (such as an automobile) of such age and condition as to be ready for scrapping
Junker
2 of 2noun (2)
Jun·ker ˈyu̇ŋ-kər
: a member of the Prussian landed aristocracy
Junkerdom
ˈyu̇ŋ-kər-dəm
noun Junkerism
ˈyu̇ŋ-kə-ˌri-zəm
noun 
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- beater
- clunker
- crate
- jalopy
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Example Sentences
Noun (1) I can't believe he's still driving that old junker. they finally traded in their old junker for a nice new car
Recent Examples on the Web
Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 An episode might follow someone who had long suffered driving an unreliable, junker of a car. New York Times, 11 July 2022 The pair work together to repair a junker training robot to get ring-ready, while simultaneously mending their relationship. Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2022 Some of the cars are modified, many remain original and, unlike many hoards of this size, there’s not a junker in the bunch. Fox News, 31 Mar. 2020 Fans buy cheap junker cars and drive ’em to the game. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 Jan. 2020 Wall Street short sellers, many of whom have long believed Elon Musk's electric car maker Telsa is a junker, got run over on Thursday, losing about $1.5 billion in one day on their bearish bets after the company reported a rare quarterly profit. Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2019 Sommer fell for his first old car at age 9 when his father paid a neighbor $15 for a Ford Model T junker in about 1942. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2019 Both men were spending the weekend in the back bed of their junker pickup trucks. Jason Nark, Philly.com, 11 May 2018 See More
Noun
Cotler and Bell had done that exact thing in 2011: Their very first JITV RV was a Craigslist junker-turned-recording studio that Cotler parked in his Venice backyard. Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 An episode might follow someone who had long suffered driving an unreliable, junker of a car. New York Times, 11 July 2022 The pair work together to repair a junker training robot to get ring-ready, while simultaneously mending their relationship. Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2022 Some of the cars are modified, many remain original and, unlike many hoards of this size, there’s not a junker in the bunch. Fox News, 31 Mar. 2020 Fans buy cheap junker cars and drive ’em to the game. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 Jan. 2020 Wall Street short sellers, many of whom have long believed Elon Musk's electric car maker Telsa is a junker, got run over on Thursday, losing about $1.5 billion in one day on their bearish bets after the company reported a rare quarterly profit. Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2019 Sommer fell for his first old car at age 9 when his father paid a neighbor $15 for a Ford Model T junker in about 1942. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2019 Both men were spending the weekend in the back bed of their junker pickup trucks. Jason Nark, Philly.com, 11 May 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
junk entry 1 + -er entry 2
Noun (2)
German, from Old High German junchērro, literally, young lord
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1932, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1849, in the meaning defined above
junker
noun
as in crate
a dilapidated old automobile they finally traded in their old junker for a nice new car Synonyms & Similar Words
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