Definitions for clunk

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Spelling: [kluhngk]

IPA: /klʌŋk/

Clunk is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in clunk (cklnu).

Definitions for clunk

noun

1. a hard hit, especially on the head.
2. Informal. a stupid person; clunkhead.
3. clonk (def 1).
4. Informal. clunker (def 2)

verb (used with or without object)

1. to hit hard, especially on the head.
2. clonk (def 2).

Origin of clunk

1790-1800; imitative; cf. clink¹, clank

Examples for clunk

clunk, klungk, n. the sound of a liquid coming out of a bottle when the cork has been quickly drawn.

Embellishments were large and cumbersome—so much so that the dresses seemed to clink and clunk as the models walked the runway.

And immediately afterward the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk of mighty hoofs coming down the passage toward us.

And suddenly the clungk, clunk—clungk, clunk recommenced and passed onward down the passage.