Meaning of rattletrap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.
   informal
2. Any piece of miscellaneous equipment or junk.
   dated
3. A type of noisemaker in which the teeth of a gear repeatedly bend and release a stiff tongue.
4. A person's mouth.
   dated, derogatory, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Mom always worried about our safety in my friend's rattletrap. I told her not to worry, as it can't go fast enough to be dangerous.”

“And they tumbled about the rattletraps under the cupboard, and rummaged the drawers in search of the sacred volume.”

“Shut your rattletrap!”

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