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View synonyms for clunk
clunk
[ kluhngk ]
noun
- a hard hit, especially on the head.
- Informal. a stupid person; clunkhead.
- Informal. clunker ( def 2 )
clunk
/ klʌŋk /
noun
- a blow or the sound of a blow
- a dull metallic sound
- a dull or stupid person
- the gurgling sound of a liquid
- the sound of a cork being removed from a bottle
verb
- to make or cause to make such a sound
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clunk1
C19: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
Embellishments were large and cumbersome—so much so that the dresses seemed to clink and clunk as the models walked the runway.
From The Daily Beast
As to the word clunk, it is in use throughout Cornwall in the sense of "to swallow," and is undoubtedly Celtic.
From Project Gutenberg
It had in it the jingle of saber chains, the creak of sweaty saddle-girths, the nimble clunk of hurrying hoofs.
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But three minutes later he had dropped down to earth with a heavy clunk.
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And immediately afterward the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk of mighty hoofs coming down the passage toward us.
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And suddenly the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk recommenced and passed onward down the passage.
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