Clunk

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  • noun. A dull sound; a thump.
  • noun. A blow that produces a dull sound.
  • noun. A stupid, dull person.
  • intransitive verb. To make or move with a clunk.
  • intransitive verb. To strike something so as to make a dull sound.
  • intransitive verb. To strike so as to make a dull sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To emit a sudden hollow, gurgling sound, such as is made when a cork is quickly pulled out of the neck of a bottle.
  • noun. A sound such as is expressed by the imitative verb clunk; the gurgling sound made by liquor when poured from a bottle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact
  • verb. to make such a sound
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
  • verb. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
  • Word Usage
    "As each business owner was going around the table telling us what their companies did, I noticed that some of the stories just went "clunk" -- in a good way."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    go  sound  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Funk  Monk  blunk  bunk  chunk  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bong  clack  clang  clank  clop  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bump  chink  click  clink  clop  
    verb-form
    clunked  clunking  clunks