klunker noun6 •(US) A beat-up, unreliable car. •(US) An old, slow, or decrepit computer; a clunker.The Microsoft ME editor shipped with the MASM 5.0 also seems to be a klunker. — 1988 •(US) A machine built purely out of necessity from salvaged, donated, or outdated parts. •(US) (computing) A Franken-PC; a Frankensteined system thrown together using mismatched or outdated leftover parts. •(US, slang) A heavy, balloon-tire bicycle (usually vintage cruisers) that is modified with motorcycle parts and used for extreme off-roading down mountains; these bikes are widely considered the very first mountain bikes. •Synonym of klinker or clinker. formsklunkers