# flivver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflɪv.ɚ/

## Definitions
1. An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
2. An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
3. A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.

## Etymology
Unknown, early 20th c.; in 1919, cartoonist Tad Dorgan claimed to have created the term in his comic strip Judge Rummy.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flivver