clunking

clunk  (klngk)

n.

1. A dull sound; a thump.

2. A blow that produces a dull sound.

3. Informal A stupid, dull person.

v. clunked, clunk·ing, clunks

v.intr.

1. To make or move with a clunk.

2. To strike something so as to make a dull sound.

v.tr.

To strike so as to make a dull sound: "Icy weather affected the clock's mechanism and for several hours Big Ben clunked instead of bonged the time changes" (Christian Science Monitor).

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[Imitative.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clunking - the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"