CLUNKING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

clunking

verb

present participle of clunk

as in thudding

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The players actually are doing a pretty good job of thudding each other without crossing the line.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Running backs earn trust not just through their burst past thudding defenders in no-tackle practices, but especially through their pass-protection ability and receiver capabilities.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of thudding

Verb

As the judges give him positive feedback, our Danni is very excited, clapping for him and bouncing up and down like a bobblehead going down a cobblestoned street.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
The rising global genre, known for its catchy harmonies and bouncing performance style, inspired the sisters to bring pop elements to their recording sessions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of bouncing

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Anonymous study participants on retatrutide have also reported skipping doses as a result of side effects, as well as concerns about rapid rates of weight loss, according to reporting by STAT.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
The cost of skipping this work might gain deployment speed initially but comes with complexity debt.

— Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of skipping

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Officers were responding to a house sitter who discovered the damage while checking on loud banging in the home’s rear, police said.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
In 2015, Ben Hiscox died after falling backwards and banging his head on the clubhouse wall during an amateur game at Stoke Gifford, near Bristol.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of banging

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Then came a quieter reaction—people shifting in their seats, glancing at one another, going still in a way that had nothing to do with boredom.

— Julian De Freitas, Harvard Business Review, 24 Sep. 2026
Unfortunately, the full document was nigh-indecipherable—LLMs tend to explain their proofs in unhelpful ways, spending inordinate time on minor details while glancing past important steps.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of glancing

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For those who missed it, Stephens hit a sliding Moore in the helmet during the second quarter, knocking Moore out of the game and sending the star quarterback to the hospital down the street on a stretcher.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
To get the coach's side of the story, CBS News Detroit tried calling her, reaching out to her on social media, knocking on her door and writing her a letter.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocking

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Her thoughts, ideas, and connections, are ricocheting and forming spectacular creations that are the epitome of what a brain at its most powerful can achieve.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
As the loops build, the lines glance off one another, ricocheting back and forth—an on-the-nose but effective arrangement for a song about being in a holding pattern.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of ricocheting

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