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Meanings of clunk in English

Catalan
cop sord

A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

cop sord

Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.

Usage of clunk in English
1
Across the room, something heavy fell to the floor with a clunk.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
2
Seconds later I heard another clunk, receding footsteps, then the slamming door.
Monday Mourning
3
She corked the oil bottle and set it down with a clunk.
Tomato rhapsody: a fable of love, lust and forbidden fruit
4
Reggie turned the key and they heard the clunk of a mechanism.
Secret of the seventh son
5
The negatives include ventilation controls that clunk and scrape with no damping.
BBC
6
He set his mug down with a clunk to emphasize the point.
O+F
7
There was a loud clunk as gears engaged and motors started up.
Jacinto's Remnant
8
Light spilled from it, and there was the clunk of stealthy movement.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
9
Corrie watched until she heard the faint clunk of the door shutting.
White fire
10
He was almost out when there was a clunk from my bedroom.
Summer knight
11
I heard a clunk, footsteps, then the sound of a closing door.
Spider bones: a novel
12
There was a snapping-metal sound, a clunk, and the door swung open.
The stand
13
About how the clunk of that dead key was driving me crazy.
Misery
14
The carbotanium hatch slid shut, its seal engaging with a solid clunk.
The Reality Dysfunction
15
For now, however, the rhythmic clunk of jaws dropping across Merseyside merely continues.
The Irish Times
16
The heavy clunk of chains falling; he had uncoupled her from the cart.
The Last Gladiatrix
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Translations for clunk
Clunk through the time
Clunk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common