# Synonym puzzler

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/synonym-puzzler/194790>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synonym-puzzler/194790 "2024-04-25T23:04:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synonym-puzzler/194790/1 "2024-04-25T23:04:03Z")

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On 3 recent **Best of Car Talk** podcasts, they came with the same synonym puzzler. The idea is to come up with two car-part related words which also happen to have similar meanings unrelated to cars. The winners were:

Pump and shoe.

Hood and muffler.

Strip and flash.

Fuse and weld.

Seat and rear end.

Shoes and boots.

Hose and shaft.

Head and dome.

Juice and V8.

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Here’s mine: handle and nameplate