rattletrap

adjective

Definition of rattletrapnext
as in ramshackle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rattletrap
  1. ramshackle
  2. tumbledown
  3. rickety
  4. rackety
  5. abandoned
Adjective
  • The 3-week-old baby was the third to die from the cold in Gaza's tent camps in recent days, doctors said, deaths that underscore the squalid conditions, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into often ramshackle tents after fleeing Israeli offensives.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The deaths underscore the squalid conditions that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into often ramshackle tents find themselves in after fleeing Israeli bombardment and offensives.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of ramshackle
Adjective
  • All except a few dozen hardy souls who formed the historical society and began patching the scars of this tumbledown town.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The project is in a tumbledown section of Oildale, situated between an optical lens store and aquatic pet shop.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Definition of tumbledown
Adjective
  • Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
Definition of rickety
Adjective
  • However, its stabilizers are loud, especially the rackety spacebar that popped up aggressively with a loud plastic clack during testing.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Whether the rackety Italian state can process this money effectively, however, is a different question.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Aug. 2020
Definition of rackety
Adjective
  • A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
  • According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of abandoned
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