guimbarde — meaning in English

English meaning

• bucket noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
• clunker noun A decrepit motor car.
• jalopy noun An old, run-down car, especially one that still somehow runs.

Senses

guimbarde is used for these senses in English:

• Jew's harp A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.
• bucket The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
• clunker (informal) A decrepit motor car.
• jalopy (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

bucket — full definition

1. noun A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
2. noun The amount that such a container holds, or informally, a large quantity of something.
3. verb To rain very heavily.

clunker — full definition

1. noun A decrepit motor car.
2. noun Anything in poor condition or of poor quality.

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