rattletrap

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.

   “BLANCHE:What you are talking about is brutal desire--just--Desire!--the name of that rattle-trap streetcar that bangs through the Quarter, up one old narrow street and down another...”

2. isim A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.

   “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.”

3. isim Any piece of miscellaneous equipment or junk.

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

4. isim A type of noisemaker in which the teeth of a gear repeatedly bend and release a stiff tongue.
5. isim A person's mouth.

   “Shut your rattletrap!”