Clunk meaning

Noun: clunk

Pronunciation: (klungk)

Clunk meaning: A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

Synonyms: thump, thud, clump, clonk

Verb: clunk

Clunk meaning: Make or move along with a sound as of a horse’s hooves striking the ground

Synonyms: clop, plunk

Quotations: Hugh Casson – Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around.

Beckie Rolbiecki – We’ve had our clunks and our bumps, but I’ve never been in a situation where someone had to be physically removed from the arena. It’s a tough situation. Our primary concern is Ashley and if she’s going to be ok.

George Black – Not only are words important on a tape but sounds are important, quite often spectral analysis of noises or other sorts of clunks and clinks can be identified by members of the cockpit voice recording group.

Sample sentences:

1. A heavy object fell with a clunk to the ground.
2. I heard the clunk of empty wine bottles hitting the bottom of my plastic bin.
3. The object found in the shelf was bit old and clunky.
4. The door closed behind me with a dull clunk.
5. The car door had been closed quietly, the sound a muffled clunk.
6. The tuning fork hit the floor with a loud clunk.
7. She can clunk like an elephant when she is being funny.
8. There was a clunk as soon as the receiver went down.
9. The clunk of plates irritated me a lot.
10. Embellishments were so large that the dresses seemed to clunk as the models walked.