clunked

verb

past tense of clunk
as in glanced

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunked
  1. glanced
  2. bumped
  3. knocked
  4. bounced
  5. banged
  6. skipped
  7. ricocheted
  8. rebounded
Verb
  • Third baseman Joey Ortiz bounced the throw, and the ball glanced off first baseman Jake Bauers’ mitt for an error.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Haines studied Scudder’s license and glanced at the rental agreement on the chairman’s phone.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of glanced
Verb
  • Raman’s young progressives Gen Zers crisscrossed the dance floor, Modelos and seltzers in hand, as the DJ bumped her head to the beat.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Wittlin, a 26-year-old broadcast television technician, watched quietly as two officers fist-bumped and another looked inside his wallet.
    — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of bumped
Verb
  • About 100 people door knocked for Vang in a canvassing event last month that featured divisive political commentator Hasan Piker.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Solace in winter is a treacherous landscape where children slip through the ice, men are knocked sideways by muskies, and cars hurl off the road into trees.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Oracle's one-day performance The hyperscaler's stock initially bounced after last Wednesday's investor day, when Oracle also issued a revenue forecast of at least $225 billion for fiscal 2030.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The ball bounced to Koosman, seated in the Mets dugout by manager Gil Hodges.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of bounced
Verb
  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries’ star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.
    — Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • After missing the playoffs, Notre Dame skipped its bowl game and had a public rift with the ACC, the conference its non-football teams play in.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • However, when Portugal failed to win its group and played elsewhere, Freddy skipped coming to KC.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of skipped
Verb
  • Nearly 20 bids ricocheted across the room, with Christie’s specialists Amelia Walker, Katharine Arnold, and Maria Los competing for the work.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The ball ricocheted to shortstop Taylor Walls, who threw out Turner for the third out of the inning.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of ricocheted
Verb
  • Nasdaq futures rebounded in pre-market trading on Friday with a bounce in chip stocks following a sell-off that sent the Nasdaq into correction territory the day before.
    — Sharon Epperson,Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Although deal and exit values rebounded in 2025, the industry entered 2026 with roughly 32,000 unsold companies.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of rebounded
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