clonk

verb

ˈkläŋk

ˈklȯŋk

clonked; clonking; clonks

intransitive verb

: to make a dull hollow thumping sound

transitive verb

: to cause to clonk

clonk noun

Examples of clonk in a Sentence

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In addition, the theme didn’t immediately clonk me on the head. —

Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2020 Shelby shows up at the Miles residence, and Ken, who has a beef with him, clonks him on the nose; soon the two of them are slugging it out on a patch of grass across the street. —

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019 One day, a can of beans fell off a shelf and clonked him on the head. —

James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 July 2018 Heavy, clonking boots are not the right choice for the silent examination of Van Gogh. —

Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018 Vica’s now 35, still an ultrasound tech, and Sergey is clonking ineffectually around the margins of the finance world. —

Charles Bock, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2016