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clunk

[ kluhngk ]

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.

clunk

/ klʌŋk /

noun

  1. a blow or the sound of a blow
  2. a dull metallic sound
  3. a dull or stupid person
    1. the gurgling sound of a liquid
    2. the sound of a cork being removed from a bottle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to make or cause to make such a sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clunk1

1790–1800; imitative; clink 1, clank
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clunk1

C19: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

I feed it coins and watch the spring coil back,the clunk of a vacuum-packed, foil-wrappeddream dropping into the tray.

Embellishments were large and cumbersome—so much so that the dresses seemed to clink and clunk as the models walked the runway.

As to the word clunk, it is in use throughout Cornwall in the sense of "to swallow," and is undoubtedly Celtic.

It had in it the jingle of saber chains, the creak of sweaty saddle-girths, the nimble clunk of hurrying hoofs.

But three minutes later he had dropped down to earth with a heavy clunk.

And immediately afterward the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk of mighty hoofs coming down the passage toward us.

And suddenly the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk recommenced and passed onward down the passage.

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