clunk

Object

• noise: All of a sudden they heard a mysterious clunking noise.
• sound: Much less welcome was the results of investigating a clunking sound under the bonnet.
• pull: Saying which, he clunked a pull off Pathan then not a million miles short of midwicket.

Converse of object

• hear: You can hear the clunk of jaws dropping, then giggling.
• go: The lift went clunk, the lights started flashing, and the doors half-opened to show the lift stuck between floors.
• give: So poorly sick that about 5 miles up the road it gave a clunk and started screeching at us.
• make: Leg of wood makes a clunk with each step.
• cause: Have spent ages now trying to discover what was causing a horrendous clunk from the rear of the car.

Adjective modifier

• satisfying: The door opens easily with a nice action and shuts with a really satisfying clunk.
• audible: All this takes about 13 to 15 seconds and apart from a few audible clunks, does so fairly smoothly.
• loud: A dark figure walked through the garden gate; a loud clunk came as metal hit metal, and the gate swung shut.

Modifies a noun

• noise: I Need You 0:41 Stray clunk noise from guitar, right channel.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• along: I can totally understand why people dislike the book, for it clunks along with little grace.

Used with why or when

• when: Is the car quiet, or are there rattles and clunks when it is moving?

Noun used with modifier