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noun

Definition of clunknext
as in idiot
a stupid person don't be such a clunk and just get on with it

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clunk

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verb

as in to thud

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Recent Examples of clunk
Noun
Traffic, horns, people rushing around us, the clunk of tires over the streetcar tracks. — USA Today, 26 June 2023 First, the clunk of a Jugs machine, followed quickly by the muffled zip of a football being launched. — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
Verb
Clanking and clunking against a group as deep and polished as UConn was a recipe befitting a school lunchroom. — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024 Ugg Fuzz Sugar Slide Ugg Fuzz Sugar Slide The Fuzz Sugar Slide looks a bit like a Birkenstock but has a more elevated, grippy sole and is lighter weight for padding around the house (and not clunking). — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for clunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunk
  1. thud
  2. bump
  3. stupid
  4. hit
  5. dummy
  6. knock
  7. mutt
  8. rebound
Verb
  • He is made, late in the show, to feign a seizure in a moment that doesn’t land, and the blocking of his final scene, in which the actor mutters to the ceiling while lying on his back, similarly thuds.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Photography by Hailey Heaton February 12, 2025 Chris Panicker; Photography by Hailey Heaton The black van shudders with bass thuds in the tunnel.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of thud
Verb
  • Rookie Kristian Campbell will start in left field, Jarren Duran will bump over to center field and Wilyer Abreu will start in right.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Sammy can hardly pass by my chair in the press box without bumping into it.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of bump
Noun
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    — Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
  • An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.
    — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of stupid
Verb
  • Joshua Hur hit a home run, Trey Ebel had a two-run double and Ethan Bingaman contributed an RBI triple.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The purge led to a wave of artistic resignations and withdrawals; opera star Renée Fleming gave up her position as artistic adviser to the center, and the producers of the Broadway hit Hamilton withdrew the show from a scheduled engagement, among others.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of hit
Noun
  • Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.
    — Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2017
  • At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.
    — Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2017
Definition of dummy
Verb
  • Continue reading … Click here for more cartoons… MEDIA 'GOTTA BE UPSET' – NYT columnist knocks Obama's legacy as '0-for-3' on some of his biggest proposals.
    — FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Steel was then penalized for knocking Pickard late in the third.
    — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of knock
Noun
  • Named Lija, the wary but winsome mutt — in fact played by the filmmaker’s own pet — is snappish and defensive when her wounds are first treated, only to slowly relent and relax in the face of genuine tenderness.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Mushers gather at trailheads and parking lots for long weekends of racing, with world-champion sprinters (often huge, muscular pointers with legs a mile long) competing alongside teams of purebred Siberians and assorted mutts.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of mutt
Verb
  • Re-Emerging Enthusiasm for Private Markets Despite liquidity concerns, LP enthusiasm for private markets is rebounding.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The Gators more than doubled Maryland’s rebounding totals, hauling in 42 to the Terps’ 20.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebound

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“Clunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunk. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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