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Definition of Clunk
1. Verb. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. "The streets clunk with cars "
2. Noun. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).
Generic synonyms: Sound
Derivative terms: Clump, Clunky, Thud, Thud, Thud, Thump, Thump
Definition of Clunk
1. Noun. a dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact ¹
2. Verb. to make such a sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clunk
1. to thump [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: thump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clunk
Literary usage of Clunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sea Fights of the Great War: Naval Incidents During the First Nine Months by William Lionel Wyllie, M. F. Wren (1918)
"clunk! clunk! clunk I He held up another little flag, two shackles gone ! clunk!
... clunk I With clouds of brown dust, three shackles gone! clunk! Clur.k! ..."
2. History of the Upper Ohio Valley by Gibson Lamb Cranmer, Brant & Fuller (1891)
"Nicholas M. clunk was born February 13, 1829, in Columbiana county, ... Anthony and
Elizabeth clunk. He was reared on the farm and attended school during ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To clunk, vn To emit a hollow and interrupted sound, as that proceeding from ...
clunk, s. The cry of a hen to her young, when she has found food for them, ..."
4. The Laird of Logan, Or, Anecdotes and Tales Illustrative of the Wit and by David Robertson, John Donald Carrick, William Motherwell, Andrew Henderson (1889)
"clunk, n—The hollow sound which water makes under a vessel at sea, ... said, "
Ca' ma a fule if ye ever play clunk, clunk, at my lug again. ..."
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