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clonk

[ klongk, klawngk ]

noun

  1. a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or cause to make such a sound.

clonk

/ °ì±ôÉ’Å‹°ì /

verb

  1. intr to make a loud dull thud
  2. informal.
    tr to hit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a loud thudding sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clonk1

First recorded in 1925–30; imitative
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clonk1

C20: of imitative origin
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To never clonk antlers with another bull or convince a comely cow that his genes are the best?

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That there really was a Hitler Street in Yaphank, and roads named for Rommel and Goebbels as well, gives “Camp Siegfried†its big clonk of icky relevance.

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“I had a big hoe in my hand, and it went, ‘clonk,’†said Mr. Craig-Brown, speaking by phone on Thursday from his farm near Hamilton, where a cow could be heard in the background.

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Robbie picked up another toy and — clonk — hit his father with the toss.

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Cole has the temerity to clonk Billie on the head with a tire iron instead of turning her son over.

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