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I was really excited by the idea that people were sharing information now and discovering information in a totally new way on the Internet via Twitter and Facebook, yet that experience was pretty clunk and just lots of bit.ly links.
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Meaning of "clunk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLUNK

Of imitative origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CLUNK

clunk  [klʌŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLUNK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clunk is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb clunk in English.

WHAT DOES CLUNK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clunk in the English dictionary

The first definition of clunk in the dictionary is a blow or the sound of a blow. Other definition of clunk is a dull metallic sound. Clunk is also a dull or stupid person.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLUNK

PRESENT

Present
I clunk
you clunk
he/she/it clunks
we clunk
you clunk
they clunk
Present continuous
I am clunking
you are clunking
he/she/it is clunking
we are clunking
you are clunking
they are clunking
Present perfect
I have clunked
you have clunked
he/she/it has clunked
we have clunked
you have clunked
they have clunked
Present perfect continuous
I have been clunking
you have been clunking
he/she/it has been clunking
we have been clunking
you have been clunking
they have been clunking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I clunked
you clunked
he/she/it clunked
we clunked
you clunked
they clunked
Past continuous
I was clunking
you were clunking
he/she/it was clunking
we were clunking
you were clunking
they were clunking
Past perfect
I had clunked
you had clunked
he/she/it had clunked
we had clunked
you had clunked
they had clunked
Past perfect continuous
I had been clunking
you had been clunking
he/she/it had been clunking
we had been clunking
you had been clunking
they had been clunking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will clunk
you will clunk
he/she/it will clunk
we will clunk
you will clunk
they will clunk
Future continuous
I will be clunking
you will be clunking
he/she/it will be clunking
we will be clunking
you will be clunking
they will be clunking
Future perfect
I will have clunked
you will have clunked
he/she/it will have clunked
we will have clunked
you will have clunked
they will have clunked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been clunking
you will have been clunking
he/she/it will have been clunking
we will have been clunking
you will have been clunking
they will have been clunking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would clunk
you would clunk
he/she/it would clunk
we would clunk
you would clunk
they would clunk
Conditional continuous
I would be clunking
you would be clunking
he/she/it would be clunking
we would be clunking
you would be clunking
they would be clunking
Conditional perfect
I would have clunk
you would have clunk
he/she/it would have clunk
we would have clunk
you would have clunk
they would have clunk
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been clunking
you would have been clunking
he/she/it would have been clunking
we would have been clunking
you would have been clunking
they would have been clunking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you clunk
we let´s clunk
you clunk
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to clunk
Past participle
clunked
Present Participle
clunking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLUNK


blunk
blʌŋk
bunk
bʌŋk
chunk
tʃʌŋk
drunk
drʌŋk
dunk
dʌŋk
flunk
flʌŋk
funk
fʌŋk
hunk
hʌŋk
junk
dʒʌŋk
kerplunk
kəˈplʌŋk
lunk
lʌŋk
monk
mʌŋk
plunk
plʌŋk
punk
pʌŋk
skunk
skʌŋk
slunk
slʌŋk
spelunk
spɪˈlʌŋk
spunk
spʌŋk
sunk
sʌŋk
trunk
trʌŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLUNK

clumpish
clumpy
clumsier
clumsiest
clumsily
clumsiness
clumsy
clunch
clung
Cluniac
clunker
clunkier
clunkiest
clunky
Cluny
Cluny lace
clupeid
clupeoid
clusia
cluster

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLUNK

blue funk
chipmunk
countersunk
crunk
cyberpunk
debunk
electro-funk
gunk
half-drunk
podunk
postpunk
preshrunk
punch-drunk
slam dunk
slam-dunk
space junk
stunk
thunk
tree trunk
wardrobe trunk

Synonyms and antonyms of clunk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clunk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLUNK

Find out the translation of clunk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clunk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clunk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弹响
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clunk
570 millions of speakers

English

clunk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

clunk
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тяжелый удар
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clunk
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুটো ধাতব পদার্থের ঠোকাঠুকিতে যেরকম শব্দ হয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clunk
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Clunk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

clunk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一撃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clunk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clunk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

clunk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गठ्ठा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

clunk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clunk
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

clunk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важкий удар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clunk
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

clunk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clunk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clunk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klunk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clunk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLUNK»

The term «clunk» is regularly used and occupies the 93.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLUNK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clunk

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QUOTES WITH «CLUNK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clunk.
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Mike McCue
I was really excited by the idea that people were sharing information now and discovering information in a totally new way on the Internet via Twitter and Facebook, yet that experience was pretty clunk and just lots of bit.ly links.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLUNK»

Discover the use of clunk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clunk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Earth to Clunk
For a school assignment, a boy reluctantly writes a letter to Clunk of the planet Quazar, sending his older sister with it, but as more letters and packages are exchanged, he realizes that having an alien pen pal can be fun.
Pam Smallcomb, 2011
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Clink, Clank, Clunk!
A group of animal friends ride to town in a junky car that has numerous mechanical problems, in a rhythmic tale with plenty of sound and action words that make it perfect for reading aloud.
Miriam Aroner, 2006
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Modeling and Optimization Under Uncertainty of Drivetrain ...
Most of the reported studies to reduce clunk (e.g. [18, 23, 24, 35]) vary certain design variables arbitrarily and calculate or measure their effect on clunk. Optimization is used only in [4], where a genetic algorithm minimizes clunk by varying the ...
Daniel N. Wehrwein, 2008
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Low Back Disorders: Evidence-based Prevention and Rehabilitation
For example, the spine may "clunk" during standing flexion when the lumbar spine bends through 14°. This is repeatable once the refractory period has passed. The refractory period is not a set time but a condition in which the unstable joint is ...
Stuart McGill, 2007
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Now We Get It!: Boosting Comprehension with Collaborative ...
Q Purpose: The purpose of the Click and Clunk strategy is to recognize when a passage makes sense (clicks), when there are breakdowns in understanding ( clunks), and to use fix-up strategies to repair breakdowns. 1. Tell Students About the ...
Janette K. Klingner, Sharon Vaughn, Alison Boardman, 2012
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Comprehension Strategies for Middle Grade Learners: A ...
Click and Clunk is an excellent means to assess what information the students have learned and what information needs to be covered in more depth. This strategy helps students recognize the information they do not understand and assists ...
Charlotte Rose Sadler, 2011
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When I was a Horse
It's one of those names — it doesn't matter which — that go clunk! when dropped, as if by chance, in the middle of a party or in the office of some civil servant. Names like Rockefeller or Jefferson or Johnnie Walker or Braniff, you understand ?
Brianda Domecq, 2006
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Clunk Click Every Trip
"Clunk Click Every Trip" was the slogan of a series of British public information films sponsored by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), commencing in January 1971 and starring Jimmy Savile.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Surgical Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Few references exist in the literature prior to 1989 with the exception of descriptions of the use of arthroscopy for lysis of adhesions in arthrofibrosis.1–3 Since descriptions by Hozack and Insall of patella clunk syndrome,4,5 numerous papers ...
Giles R. Scuderi, Alfred J. Tria, 2002
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101 Harley-Davidson Evolution Performance Projects
... a fork brace such as the one from Custom Cycle Engineering It's not unheard of to find yourself on a brand-new Softail, Dyna, or dresser model featuring H-D's famous Wide Glide fork assembly and having it go "clunk" on small, sharp bumps  ...
Kip Woodring Kenna Love

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLUNK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clunk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz: this government is 'determined to crush the poor'
“Every time I put in a statistic, it felt like a clunk. So now audiences are going to be given leaflets after the play that have all the facts and figures. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Ashes 2015: A game of village cricket showed how close we are
... “The thwack of bat on ball was a more appealing sound to the average Reds cricketer than the clunk of your own head against a brick wall. «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
Madison man arrested after allegedly firing gun on Beltline
Once I heard that big clunk, I immediately thought I was going to die," Nick said. He quickly exited at Rimrock Road. He said the man chasing ... «WIBA-AM, Jul 15»
4
Behind The Wheel
At trundling pace there's a noticeable hesitation between ratios and a solid clunk as the next one arrives. Running in third at around 100km/h I ... «Motoring, Jul 15»
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House in Canada held family stories, secrets
The reports, “ka-clunk, ka-clunk,” as Jack's huge shoes hit every riser, told us, sitting straight-faced at the table, they were laboring him upstairs ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
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The fourth horseman of 2005
... clatters into the top of his off stump, knocking it out of the ground with a 'clunk' that sounds like music. The noise in Old Trafford is massive. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
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'Shadowshaper' Paints A Vibrant Picture
Because the real story, ultimately, is in the relationships — and the places where plot necessity meets character interactions sometimes clunk ... «Alabama Public Radio, Jul 15»
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Netatmo Welcome Review – Nest Cam's face-recognizing rival
You can't see them, obviously, though there's an audible clunk as they fire up, and a red LED comes on at the same time. Footage is in ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»
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Real Estate Transactions
Fannie Mae a.k.a. Federal National Mortgage Association, Law Offices of John Clunk LPA, attorney in fact to Cynthia Peltier, one lot, $0. Brenda Hill, Thomas Hill ... «Troy Daily News, Jul 15»
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UNDER GROUND
Then she heard a clunk. One of the passengers, an old man with hair the color of a snow rabbit, had dropped something. It was a revolver. The person standing ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»

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