clapped-out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for clapped-out in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

clapped-out [ˌklæptˈaʊt] ADJ Brit, Aus inf

clapped-out machine, car

износен

clapped-out machine, car

раздрънкан

clapped-out person

изтощен

clapped-out person

скапан

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He reasoned that instead of just criticising farmers for our increasing number of clapped-out rivers and streams, trout should share the blame.

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Their equipment budget has also been reduced to such an extent that clapped-out patrol cars are not being replaced.

www.irishmirror.ie

Old mungoes look enviously at their rah-rah counterparts, snorting and pawing the ground as they watch scrums, muscles twitching like clapped-out racehorses at the sound of the starter's voice.

www.smh.com.au

Tomorrow he'll sit at his desk and wait for his next improbable muse to pull up in some clapped-out vehicle.

www.listener.co.nz

Eighty years on it remains popular with audiences, a hardy perennial which has doubtless saved the bacon of many clapped-out theatre producers.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Isn't it a rather wonderful organisation for giving retired, clapped-out ex-premiers some real executive power?

www.europarl.europa.eu

We spend the afternoon of our wedding anniversary (and my birthday) by the side of a road with our clapped-out car waiting to be picked up by a recovery vehicle.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The clapped-out car emerged from the water today - and park officers reported it to police in case it amounts to criminal evidence.

www.standard.co.uk

In addition to all this, their massive production -- sometimes in rather clapped-out factories -- has created huge air pollution problems.

www.abc.net.au

It was a beautiful copper colour, but a bit clapped-out and constantly causing trouble, but it was great fun.

www.theglobeandmail.com