clonked; clonking; clonks
: to make a dull hollow thumping sound
: to cause to clonk
clonk
noun
Examples of clonk in a Sentence
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In addition, the theme didn’t immediately clonk me on the head.
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Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2020
Shelby shows up at the Miles residence, and Ken, who has a beef with him, clonks him on the nose; soon the two of them are slugging it out on a patch of grass across the street.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
One day, a can of beans fell off a shelf and clonked him on the head.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 July 2018
Heavy, clonking boots are not the right choice for the silent examination of Van Gogh.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018
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Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2020
Shelby shows up at the Miles residence, and Ken, who has a beef with him, clonks him on the nose; soon the two of them are slugging it out on a patch of grass across the street.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
One day, a can of beans fell off a shelf and clonked him on the head.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 July 2018
Heavy, clonking boots are not the right choice for the silent examination of Van Gogh.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018
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“Clonk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clonk. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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