clunk
noun/klʌŋk/
/klʌŋk/
- a sound that is not loud or clear made by two heavy objects hitting each other
- the clunk of a car door being shut
Word Originlate 18th cent. (originally Scots, as a verb): imitative; compare with clank, clink ‘a sharp ringing sound’, and clonk.Want to learn more?
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