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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.
2. 2
   a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) wordnet
3. 3
   The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound. dated
4. 4
   dull; foolish; stupid or silly person. derogatory, offensive

Verb

1. 1
   To make such a sound.

   "Her old bicycle was clunking along the road."

2. 2
   make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

clopthumpbumpchinkclickclink

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.