clunk

Other forms of clunk

plural

clunks·

past tense

clunked·

present participle

clunking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clunk

What does clunk mean?

clunk means "a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clunk?

clunk has 1 syllable: clunk. In IPA it is /ˈklʌŋk/.

What is another word for clunk?

Close synonyms include thump, thumping, clump, thud, clop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clunk a common word?

clunk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.