as in idiot
a stupid person
don't be such a clunk and just get on with it
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Recent Examples of clunk
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Still, for me, the performance outweighs the clunk.
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Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 May 2025
Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
12 June 2024
Clanking and clunking against a group as deep and polished as UConn was a recipe befitting a school lunchroom.
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Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The jet fighter cluster climbed in a captivating, early digital way, while the V12 symphony bounced off surrounding hills; the E-Gear transmission producing a slight clunk with each cog swapped.
100 mph, 120, 140, 150, 175, 180.
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Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Still, for me, the performance outweighs the clunk.
—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 May 2025
Verb
The guardian huffed and slammed the door shut, but a moment later, metal clunked, and the door was opened.
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Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
12 June 2024
Clanking and clunking against a group as deep and polished as UConn was a recipe befitting a school lunchroom.
—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunk
Noun
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
Verb
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This music is often so simplistic—tenth-grade emo-thirst-trap-core with yearning synths, thudding drums, and maybe a lick of guitar—that a machine could do it too.
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Some place where the days were days and the nights fell with thudding certainty.
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.
Verb
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My first glimpse of an elephant came as our safari game viewer bumped along the road from the airstrip to camp.
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Tea leaves provide natural acidity to plants that enjoy the boost and can bump nitrogen levels when added to compost.
Noun
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The dummy isn’t for your benefit, either now or later on.
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The current dummy, dating back in part to 2001, is constructed from 116 rubber discs connected by steel parts all held together by a frame of wires and supported overhead by a separate metal structure.
Verb
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Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
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Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
Noun
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The cannister featured an image of an angry mutt with saliva dripping from its jaws.
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Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.
Verb
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Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani leads the NL in votes received, which would give him the automatic starting spot at DH should that lead hold into Thursday, knocking Schmitt out of contention.
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Even 6 inches of moving water can pose a serious risk of knocking you off your feet.
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“Clunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunk. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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