Flivver
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈflɪv.ɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Flivver is a noun meaning (colloquial, dated, Canada, US) An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
Meaning
(colloquial, dated, Canada, US) An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
More Meanings
- (US, military, nautical, historical, slang, derogatory) A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.
Example Sentences
Shortly after daylight a procession of mule-drawn waggons, broken-down flivvers, and buggies begins wheeling in from the countryside .
Billy being too poor to own a car, had hired a cheap flivver for the day, and was purposely ten minutes behind the time, but to his disgust found the procession not yet started.
These workers were often joined by impoverished small farmers from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri who pooled their resources to buy a flivver and follow the harvest into the Dakotas and Canada.
Word Forms
- flivvers
Synonyms for flivver
Depending on context, synonyms include jalopy, banger, beater, clunker, crate, crock.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crate, jalopy, livener, flid, flatty, clunker.
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