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(kluŋk)

noun

a dull, heavy, hollow sound
Informal a heavy blow
Slang a dull or stupid person

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to move or strike with a clunk or clunks

See clunk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A dull sound; a thump.
A blow that produces a dull sound.
Informal A stupid, dull person.

verb clunked, clunk·ing, clunks

verb, intransitive

To make or move with a clunk.
To strike something so as to make a dull sound.

verb, transitive

To strike so as to make a dull sound: “Icy weather affected the clock's mechanism and for several hours Big Ben clunked instead of bonged the time changes” (Christian Science Monitor).

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Origin: Imitative

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