CLUNKED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

clunked

verb

past tense of clunk

as in glanced

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Verb

In her office, Bastiany glanced at a wall plastered with resources for housing, rehab, job training.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Each glanced from time to time at their rods, propped against the metal barrier that separated land from sea.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of glanced

Verb

The character always bumped some people, and those feelings coalesced around Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bumped

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NorCal Resist posted footage of the collision to their social media pages, showing a man, Antonio Moreida, being knocked to the ground.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Council was referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when Bryant, on the first possession of a group-stage game against Spain, ran through a screen set by then-Lakers teammate Pau Gasol and knocked him to the floor.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocked

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After leaving an affordable apartment where a neighbor had made her life intolerable, Hobby and her four children bounced among hotels, relatives’ homes and, at times, their car.

— Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Punter Matt Araiza, so good in the previous game against the Raiders, bounced a punt into the end zone.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of bounced

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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

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Before the pandemic, some properties even offered loyalty points or complimentary items to guests who skipped housekeeping during their stay.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Even before the pandemic, some properties offered loyalty points or complimentary items to guests who skipped housekeeping.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of skipped

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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

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But moviegoing rebounded the following day, with Sunday admissions rising by 80,000 compared with the previous Sunday.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Nonetheless, California rebounded from that blow, with the state becoming the epicenter of innovation in the new internet economy, minting trillion-dollar companies such as Apple and Google.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebounded

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