Definition of FLIVVER

flivver

Meanings

Plural: flivvers

Noun

  • An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
  • An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
  • A Ford Model T.
  • A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown, early 20th c.; in 1919, cartoonist Tad Dorgan claimed to have created the term in his comic strip "Judge Rummy".

Synonyms

banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, tin Lizzie, wreck

Scrabble Score: 16

flivver is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
flivver is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flivver is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

flivver is a valid Words With Friends word