clunk

[ kluhngk ]
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to hit hard, especially on the head.

noun
  1. a hard hit, especially on the head.

  2. Informal. a stupid person; clunkhead.

Origin of clunk

1
1790–1800; imitative; cf. clink1, clank

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British Dictionary definitions for clunk

clunk

/ (klʌŋk) /


noun
  1. a blow or the sound of a blow

  2. a dull metallic sound

  1. a dull or stupid person

  2. mainly Scot

    • the gurgling sound of a liquid

    • the sound of a cork being removed from a bottle

verb
  1. to make or cause to make such a sound

Origin of clunk

1
C19: of imitative origin

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