Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dull sound; a thump.
- noun A blow that produces a dull sound.
- noun Informal A stupid, dull person.
- intransitive verb To make or move with a clunk.
- intransitive verb To strike something so as to make a dull sound.
- intransitive verb To strike so as to make a dull sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To emit a sudden hollow, gurgling sound, such as is made when a cork is quickly pulled out of the neck of a bottle.
- noun A sound such as is expressed by the imitative verb clunk; the gurgling sound made by liquor when poured from a bottle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact
- verb to make such a sound
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- verb make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As each business owner was going around the table telling us what their companies did, I noticed that some of the stories just went "clunk" -- in a good way.
Karen Leland: What's Your Small Business's Sound Bite? Karen Leland 2011
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As each business owner was going around the table telling us what their companies did, I noticed that some of the stories just went "clunk" -- in a good way.
Karen Leland: What's Your Small Business's Sound Bite? Karen Leland 2011
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As each business owner was going around the table telling us what their companies did, I noticed that some of the stories just went "clunk" -- in a good way.
Karen Leland: What's Your Small Business's Sound Bite? Karen Leland 2011
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If we feel a clunk, that is the femoral head the top of the thigh bone returning to the hip socket.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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If we feel a clunk, that is the femoral head the top of the thigh bone returning to the hip socket.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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If we feel a clunk, that is the femoral head the top of the thigh bone returning to the hip socket.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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If we feel a clunk, that is the femoral head the top of the thigh bone returning to the hip socket.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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A clunk is his heavy pottery tumbler being set on the table.
Through Wolfs Eyes 2001
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I believe the clunk was my rear diff. from the hard downshift??
NASIOC hieu1004 2010
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Luckily, my wife heard it "clunk" in the washing machine and pulled it to safety - but it got wet.
Wednesday Giveaway – $25 iTunes Gift Card and iPhone Case | Manolith 2010
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