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Rattletrap
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a vehicle, typically an old or poorly maintained one, that makes a lot of noise or rattles due to its condition. Often used to describe a car in poor shape
Disapproving
Informal
Examples
That old rattletrap barely made it up the hill, and the engine sounded like it might fall apart at any moment.
He drove around in a rattletrap that was missing half its doors and sounded like it had a thousand loose bolts.
Lexical Tree
rattletrap
rattle
trap
