calhambeque — meaning in English

English meaning

• beater noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
• clunker noun An old car that is in bad condition.
• heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
• jalopy noun An old, run-down car, especially one that still somehow runs.

Senses

calhambeque is used for these senses in English:

• beater (US, informal) An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition.
• clunker (informal) A decrepit motor car.
• heap (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
• jalopy (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

beater — full definition

1. noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
2. noun Informally, an old, run-down car that still works.
3. noun In a hunting party, a person employed to drive game toward the shooters.

clunker — full definition

1. noun An old car that is in bad condition.
2. noun Something that is badly made or in poor condition.

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