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clonk
[ klongk, klawngk ]
noun
- a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or cause to make such a sound.
clonk
/ ɒŋ /
verb
- intr to make a loud dull thud
- informal.tr to hit
noun
- a loud thudding sound
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clonk1
First recorded in 1925–30; imitative
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51Թ 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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