clunk
to hit hard, especially on the head.
a hard hit, especially on the head.
Informal. a stupid person; clunkhead.
Informal. clunker (def. 2)
Origin of clunk
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How to use clunk in a sentence
I feed it coins and watch the spring coil back,the clunk of a vacuum-packed, foil-wrappeddream dropping into the tray.
Five poems about the mind | Cynthia Miller, Paula Bohince, Anthony Anaxagorou, Tishani Doshi, Zeina Hashem Beck | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewEmbellishments 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.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbBut three minutes later he had dropped down to earth with a heavy clunk.
Dead Giveaway | Gordon Randall Garrett
And immediately afterward the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk of mighty hoofs coming down the passage toward us.
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder | William Hope HodgsonAnd suddenly the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk recommenced and passed onward down the passage.
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder | William Hope Hodgson
British Dictionary definitions for clunk
/ (klʌŋk) /
a blow or the sound of a blow
a dull metallic sound
a dull or stupid person
mainly Scot
the gurgling sound of a liquid
the sound of a cork being removed from a bottle
to make or cause to make such a sound
Origin of clunk
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