clunking

verb

present participle of clunk
as in thudding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunking
  1. thudding
  2. bumping
  3. bouncing
  4. skipping
  5. banging
  6. glancing
  7. knocking
  8. ricocheting
Verb
  • But the data center surge could come to a sudden, thudding halt if those big companies do not soon see a return on their investment.
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • 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.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Definition of thudding
Verb
  • Team 2023 Hagel becomes our first player to pull double-duty, bumping Ryan O’Reilly out of the forward group.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • This can sometimes work against you, though, since bumping the front of the laptop can register as an input.
    — John Loeffler, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • Raimundo Orsi, Italy vs Czechoslovakia, 1934 Orsi drags Italy level with nine minutes to go, controlling a bouncing ball and turning superbly in the box to fire past Czech goalkeeper and captain Frantisek Planicka.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The tide had turned, and the sun was bouncing from office windows on either side of the water.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of bouncing
Verb
  • The dip is likely tied to fans in the seats, with people skipping games or leaving early.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • Richardson is a big favorite to win with reigning 100-meter world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden skipping the event to focus on the 200.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of skipping
Verb
  • Part of Ludwig Göransson’s score is based on the sound of banging pieces of bronze, which turn out to be the alarm bells of Troy, a warning of violence that echoes throughout the film.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Then the team did it, sitting on the field after beating Ivory Coast to reach the round of 16, with captain Martin Odegaard banging the drum.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of banging
Verb
  • The episode is like a hothouse of feeling with every line delivery, moment of eye contact, and glancing touch landing humid and heavy.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
  • Argentina finally re-took the lead for good in the 111th minute when Cristian Romero hit a glancing header that deflected off the arm of Cape Verde defender Diney Borges for an own goal.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of glancing
Verb
  • The surveillance footage released by police in 2012 from the night before the murder showed a person in a hoodie and baggy pants walking up the stairs outside Chavez’s apartment and knocking on the door.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Jay Harry is knocking at the door Blue Jays designated hitter Sean Keys had a front-row seat for Jay Harry’s breakout season.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of knocking
Verb
  • What’s more, the lack of rototoms emphasizes YHWH’s link to dub, particularly in the way sounds are always ricocheting off one another, as if locked in a room with very low ceilings.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
  • Brass instruments will cut across the basin with notes ricocheting off the surrounding structures.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
Definition of ricocheting
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“Clunking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunking. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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