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Synonyms for beater

  • noun

Most common

bucket wreck rust bucket wife-beater lathe batten hoopy

All synonyms

Noun

1. Banger — an old or dilapidated automobile

rust bucket, banger UK, bucket, winter rat informal US, wreck, crock UK, jalopy dated US, shitbox vulgar informal, hooptie slang

Other

wife-beater, lathe, batten, hoopy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An old or dilapidated automobile.

Related words

Phrases
carpet beater fire beater bare beater dust beater rotary beater rug beater

Forms

Plural
beaters → bangers, buckets, wrecks, crocks…

Example sentences

  • bucket I have to peel a whole bucket of apples for a jam.
  • wreck He confirmed that it was the wreck of the Titanic.
  • lathe I've never used a lathe before. Could you show me how?
  • batten Batten doors are sadly falling out of fashion.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
beaterfalling
bucketrising
wreckrising
lathefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
wreck1, crock1, lathe1, hoopy
6 letters
bucket2, banger2, batten2, jalopy3
7 letters
shitbox, hooptie

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bucket2 = 2 syllables).