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verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.
to hit hard, especially on the head.
2.
clonk (def. 2).
noun
3.
a hard hit, especially on the head.
4.
Informal. a stupid person; clunkhead.
5.
clonk (def. 1).
6.
Informal. clunker (def. 2)
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Word Origin & History
clunk
1796, "to make the sound of a cork being pulled from a bottle;" imitative. This was the main sense through most of 19c. Meaning "to hit, strike" is attested from 1940s, along with meaning "old worn-out machine."
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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