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
  • 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
  • Fears that the good times might be over slashed 15% from the share price and since then the shares have been bumping along the basement of a fall of about 35%.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That leaves operators with very little room to keep bumping prices.
    — Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • The weekly chart shows RRC bouncing once again from the lower boundary of its multi-year rising channel.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The inning should have been over after Bo Bichette swung on a bouncing pitch that went back to the backstop, but Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz threw the ball past first base, and Bichette was safe.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of bouncing
Verb
  • Kyrgios had a meager 1-4 record in the 2025 season, losing a first-round match in the Australian Open then skipping the next three Grand Slams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • By skipping the post-shakedown maintenance, Massachusetts can focus on starting its operational career.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipping
Verb
  • Support for Infantino Eto’o is not the only person banging the drum for Infantino in what’s become an increasingly fractured landscape.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • These were people who would insist that their American passenger ride in the cab of a trade truck rather than stand in the open back with 20 passengers banging into each other and a couple of goats for hours.
    — Ethan Gologor, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of banging
Verb
  • Some of the men in the room could be seen glancing nervously at their dates.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of glancing
Verb
  • His co-worker, Donna DuBray, was part of the group and saw Carbullido fall off, briefly knocking him out.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pre-season has brought many long passing sequences from players, knocking the ball around in fluid passing triangles.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocking
Verb
  • 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
  • Mako Watanabe's Sushi Wars launches Nihonbashi into outer space—a fever dream of sushi motifs and holographic wallpaper, light ricocheting off foil and mirrors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Definition of ricocheting
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