BONESHAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boneshaker mean? 

• BONESHAKER (noun)
  The noun BONESHAKER has 1 sense:

1. any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable

  Familiarity information: BONESHAKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONESHAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker

Hypernyms ("boneshaker" is a kind of...):

wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)