Definitions
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- noun The
abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. - verb To make such a sound.
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Examples
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I turned it back to check what had happened and as I did so I heard a loud 'clonk' as the bolt shot back out.
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I raised the subject of air-cricket – cricket you play in mime form, often using a bat-like object, and perhaps making a "clonk" noise as you dispatch an imaginary ball – on the Guardian's over-by-over commentary recently and was swamped with stories: the man who performed a lofted drive with his rolled degree certificate at his graduation and sent it sailing into the audience; the Russian wedding almost ruined by a display of aggressive umbrella air-batsmanship; the hospital-ward practice of playing air-cricket with a drip stand.
Why a Sachin Tendulkar is my signature air-cricket shot Barney Ronay 2010
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Back at the beginning, in 1974, the joke lay in watching guys clonk around in tutus and toe shoes, parodying (broadly) well-known dance works and making fun of old-time Ballets Russes mannerisms.
The Trocks' Deadly Serious Spoofing; City Ballet's Revitalized Coppélia 2009
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"Now I have something to clonk him over the head with."
Holly Robinson: My iRobot: Can A Useful Gift Be A Romantic One? Holly Robinson 2011
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There was a clonk of a heavy branch banging across the windowsill.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Back at the beginning, in 1974, the joke lay in watching guys clonk around in tutus and toe shoes, parodying (broadly) well-known dance works and making fun of old-time Ballets Russes mannerisms.
The Trocks' Deadly Serious Spoofing; City Ballet's Revitalized Coppélia 2009
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"Now I have something to clonk him over the head with."
Holly Robinson: My iRobot: Can A Useful Gift Be A Romantic One? Holly Robinson 2011
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Back at the beginning, in 1974, the joke lay in watching guys clonk around in tutus and toe shoes, parodying (broadly) well-known dance works and making fun of old-time Ballets Russes mannerisms.
The Trocks' Deadly Serious Spoofing; City Ballet's Revitalized Coppélia 2009
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I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk.
Writing a Short Story: A Talk with Deborah Eisenberg - Culture - The Atlantic 2010
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Back at the beginning, in 1974, the joke lay in watching guys clonk around in tutus and toe shoes, parodying (broadly) well-known dance works and making fun of old-time Ballets Russes mannerisms.
The Trocks' Deadly Serious Spoofing; City Ballet's Revitalized Coppélia 2009
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