CLUNKING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

clunking

verb

present participle of clunk

as in thudding

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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

There’s Swain in a Texas Longhorns jersey, bumping defenders off-balance with his hip and scooping the ball out of the reach of outstretched hands.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
In this case, safe meant a track big enough for two riders to race without bumping into each other.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Definition of bumping

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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

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Should the Senate follow suit, there goes my excuse for skipping church one Sunday each spring.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Had Marsh taken that step — known in legal parlance as striking Basabe’s affirmative defenses — the jury would have only had to determine monetary damages against Basabe on each count, skipping the step of deciding whether to hold Basabe liable.

— Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of skipping

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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

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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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