Meaning

3 senses
  1. A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.

    a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

  2. (dated)The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound.

  3. (derogatory, offensive)Dull; foolish; stupid or silly person.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The door closed with a clunk.

  2. He heard a weird clunking noise in the engine.

  3. When I went to buy a can of coffee from the vending machine, it came out with a clunk.

    deAls ich mir am Verkaufsautomaten eine Dose Kaffee kaufte, kam sie ratternd heraus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Forms

plural: clunks
Singularclunk
Pluralclunks

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedclunky

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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