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clunker

[kluhng-ker] / ˈklʌŋ kər /








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Then, Nestor Cortes followed up his six shutout innings against the Dodgers last week with a three-inning, three-run clunker that was punctuated with an ejection.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

For all of the frustration Buehler expressed after Tuesday night’s clunker, however, there was one goal he hoped wasn’t yet out of reach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Not that many fans back in the Pacific Northwest were watching or listening when Leo Rivas made the final out to end the 2-hour, 39-minute clunker.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

One of the lifeguards let us borrow his clunker.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin