Definition of clunk
: to strike or hit with a clunk
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The sink stopper had clunked down, permanently closed, so some idiot (probably me) had yanked it out by his fingernails and placed it to the side.
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This closer might just clunk up for third or fourth place.
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If the wind was blowing out, the ball might very well have clunked off the gigantic scoreboard that's now perched atop the ivy for a game-turning grand slam.
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But the heavily armored green-and-yellow train that clunked its way into Beijing last week didn’t just bring the prospect of a high-stakes nuclear summit between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and US President Trump a step closer.
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Photo: Rich Sugg/Zuma Press The Jayhawks raced down the court and Newman, their red-hot shooter, clunked a three.
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Whether cruising along or at full-stomp, the 10-speed auto shifted smoothly and crisply with no untoward hiccups, hunting or clunking.
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Mac, the chocolate lab, is clunking around the kitchen.
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Redskins defensive tackle Ziggy Hood rolled onto the side of the burly tackle’s leg and Peters clunked to the grass like an anvil.
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Origin and Etymology of clunk
imitative
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: circa 1796
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of clunk
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: a blow or the sound of a blow : thump
2
: a dull or stupid person
Examples of clunk in a Sentence
The book hit the floor with a loud clunk.
don't be such a clunk and just get on with it
Recent Examples of clunk from the Web
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Also, my rides ended with an abrupt ka-clunk just before the trains proceeded to the station for unloading.
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The door swung open with a clunk and a screech, and cold clean air rushed into his lungs like the first breath after a storm.
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Throughout its two seasons, HBO’s Westworld has trotted out no shortage of bad guys, from robot gunslingers to mad inventors to dialog that sputters and clunks.
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And after a short scuffle and clunks of heavy hooves on the ground, an opposing player smacks the ball with his mallet in between two posts.
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The machine whirred and beeped for a moment, then the door slid open with a clunk, and a robotic arm dispensed the appropriate currency.
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In Sindelfingen, Daimler’s airport-sized factory on the edge of Stuttgart, a vast assembly hall is uncannily quiet except for occasional clunks and whirrs.
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The ride back to the waters of Alaska's Inside Passage was full of noisy clunks against the hull.
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Somehow, perhaps unnerved by the clanks and clunks, Fanucci had escaped his crate, pulled down the window and leapt out.
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First Known Use of clunk
1823
CLUNK Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of clunk for English Language Learners
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: a loud, dull sound that is made when a heavy object hits another object or a surface
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