as in idiot
a stupid person
don't be such a clunk and just get on with it
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Recent Examples of clunk
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Still, for me, the performance outweighs the clunk.
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Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 May 2025
Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
12 June 2024
Clanking and clunking against a group as deep and polished as UConn was a recipe befitting a school lunchroom.
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Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The jet fighter cluster climbed in a captivating, early digital way, while the V12 symphony bounced off surrounding hills; the E-Gear transmission producing a slight clunk with each cog swapped.
100 mph, 120, 140, 150, 175, 180.
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Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Still, for me, the performance outweighs the clunk.
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Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 May 2025
Verb
The guardian huffed and slammed the door shut, but a moment later, metal clunked, and the door was opened.
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Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
12 June 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunk
Noun
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
Verb
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But the data center surge could come to a sudden, thudding halt if those big companies do not soon see a return on their investment.
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This music is often so simplistic—tenth-grade emo-thirst-trap-core with yearning synths, thudding drums, and maybe a lick of guitar—that a machine could do it too.
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
Verb
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My first glimpse of an elephant came as our safari game viewer bumped along the road from the airstrip to camp.
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Tea leaves provide natural acidity to plants that enjoy the boost and can bump nitrogen levels when added to compost.
Noun
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The dummy isn’t for your benefit, either now or later on.
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The current dummy, dating back in part to 2001, is constructed from 116 rubber discs connected by steel parts all held together by a frame of wires and supported overhead by a separate metal structure.
Verb
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Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
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Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
Noun
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The cannister featured an image of an angry mutt with saliva dripping from its jaws.
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Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.
Verb
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Each part looks radically different today than when players first started knocking balls around hundreds of years ago.
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The bench tipped, and the man put out a hand to steady himself, knocking a Hopi headpiece off a ledge.
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“Clunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunk. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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