rustbucket

See also: rust bucket

English

Alternative forms

• rust-bucket, rust bucket

Etymology

From rust +‎ bucket.

Noun

rustbucket (plural rustbuckets)

1. (slang) An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.

   Synonyms: bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, hunk of junk; see also Thesaurus:old car

   • 1967, David Gerrold, The Trouble with Tribbles, spoken by Korax:

     That sagging old rustbucket is designed like a garbage scow!

Translations

old, neglected vehicle

Dutch: roestbak (nl) m French: tas de ferraille (fr) m German: Rostlaube (de) f Hungarian: tragacs (hu) Russian: ведро́ (ru) n (vedró) Spanish: carraca (es), tartana