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I really love the EMS Vocoder 2000, which is a pretty nice little box. You put one thing in one end and another in the other end, and you're able to change vocals by the sound and do a lot - it's just got a great sound. But the thing is, it's a bit clunky, so it's kind of hard to use it.
Tim Gane

Meaning of "clunky" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLUNKY

clunky  [ˈklʌŋkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLUNKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clunky is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLUNKY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clunky in the English dictionary

The first definition of clunky in the dictionary is making a clunking noise. Other definition of clunky is ponderously ungraceful or unsophisticated. Clunky is also awkward or unsophisticated.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLUNKY


chunky
ˈtʃʌŋkɪ
flunky
ˈflʌŋkɪ
funky
ˈfʌŋkɪ
gunky
ˈɡʌŋkɪ
hunkey
ˈhʌŋkɪ
hunky
ˈhʌŋkɪ
junkie
ˈdʒʌŋkɪ
junky
ˈdʒʌŋkɪ
monkey
ˈmʌŋkɪ
plunky
ˈplʌŋkɪ
punkey
ˈpʌŋkɪ
punky
ˈpʌŋkɪ
skunky
ˈskʌŋkɪ
spunkie
ˈspʌŋkɪ
spunky
ˈspʌŋkɪ
sunkie
ˈsʌŋkɪ
technojunkie
ˈtɛknəʊˌdʒʌŋkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLUNKY

clumsily
clumsiness
clumsy
clunch
clung
Cluniac
clunk
clunker
clunkier
clunkiest
Cluny
Cluny lace
clupeid
clupeoid
clusia
cluster
cluster area
cluster bomb
cluster fly
cluster pack

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLUNKY

blanky
clanky
conky
cranky
dinky
hanky
hanky-panky
honky
inky
lanky
linky
manky
pinky
skanky
slinky
stinky
swanky
tanky
wanky
wonky

Synonyms and antonyms of clunky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clunky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLUNKY

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

Translator English - Chinese

笨重
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

torpe
570 millions of speakers

English

clunky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

clunky
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالي الكعب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неуклюжим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desajeitado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লাঙ্কি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladroit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kikuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klobig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

格好悪い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투박
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clunky
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clunky
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனமானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चपटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aksak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goffo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przylegający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незграбним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greoaie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

clunky
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clunky
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otymplig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clunky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clunky

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLUNKY»

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

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QUOTES WITH «CLUNKY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clunky.
1
Tim Gane
I really love the EMS Vocoder 2000, which is a pretty nice little box. You put one thing in one end and another in the other end, and you're able to change vocals by the sound and do a lot - it's just got a great sound. But the thing is, it's a bit clunky, so it's kind of hard to use it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLUNKY»

Discover the use of clunky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clunky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clunky Monkey: Show Business: Show Business
From slick disco dance moves, and a jump to the beat, Clunky changed lightly to tippy toe feet. She moved on so swiftly with energy and grace, but then... slipped on a snail, falling flat on her face! The animals gawped at each other... then ...
Harri Romney, 2013
2
Clunky Monkey's Monkey Business: Monkey Business
Funky disco dancing chimps were quite certain to win, but Clunky's 'Ballet Way Brigade' stood ready to begin... Animals glanced at each other and smiled. Tippy toe dance wouldn't bring waters wild! “Clunky please wake the mountain man.
Harri Romney, 2014
3
Clunky Monkey
Clunky Monkey discovers a picture of a beautiful dancing couple, so she visits the wise gazelle to find out about these strange dancers.
‎2012
4
Car PC Hacks: Tips & Tools for Geeking Your Ride
Car-Enable Clunky Applications #58 The fact remains that while aftermarket computer touchscreens are still a bit of a bleeding-edge gadget and are difficult to cleanly install, they are the most configurable and cool-looking additions to your car ...
Damien Stolarz, 2005
5
Funky Monkeys and Cheeky Chimps: Clunky Monkey the Complete ...
Clunky Monkey the Complete Collection Harri Romney. This jazzy way is now being taught to every single creature. The most exciting thing is Clunky Monkey is their teacher. Clunky Monkey's Monkey Business Harri Romney Little Clunky ...
Harri Romney, 2014
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The Philosophy of Person: Solidarity and Cultural Creativity
The Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava NOTES 1. M. Hodza, Federation in Central Europe, Reflections and Reminiscences (London 1943). 2. M. Hodza, Clunky, reel, studie, Speeches, Studies I (Praha, 1930), p.
Józef Tischner, Józef Życiński, George F. McLean, 1994
7
Head First Java
Option one is too clunky Option one seems like more work than you'd expect. It means that each time the user makes a hit, you have to change the state of the second array (the 'hitCells' array), oh -- but first you have to CHECK the 'hitCells' ...
Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, 2005
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The Game Audio Tutorial: A Practical Guide to Creating and ...
Clunky. Switching. Location-Based. Switching. If you have different music for the different locations in your game, the issue is how you transition between them. The problem for the music is that the player may move between these locations at  ...
Richard Stevens, Dave Raybould, 2013
9
Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell: (Second Edition)
try. not. to. do. clunky. I explained my philosophy in the preface to the first edition, but allow me a few more words here. I will teach you how to calculate, but I also have what I regard as a higher aim, ...
A. Zee, 2010
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
2.a complete failure. clunkhead Am. col. a fool. clunky Am. 1. also Aus. col. rumbling, lumbering: she's rather clunky and anxious New York. 2.sl. ponderous and inefficient: The clunky plotcontinues to be riddled with implausibilities New Yorker.
V. S. Matyushenkov, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLUNKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clunky is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fonterra eyes long-term guaranteed milk price deals
"We get a little feedback, and it's warranted, that the GMP tool now is a bit clunky. Once or twice a year people have to make a big decision and ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Disillusioned with Game of Thrones and True Detective? Try Penny …
No longer a clunky, ill-fitting ensemble of literary legends, the characters in Penny Dreadful fit together brilliantly under Logan's banner of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
This new Apple Watch app uses your heartbeat to decide who your …
Practically, this app seems clunky for everyday Tinder. What if you like one photo more than another? But as a small experiment in seeing who ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
4
Apple Music Review: Behind a Messy Interface Is Music's Next Big …
Spotify and Rdio's more mature Web and mobile apps are easier to use for the time being, but oddly it is Apple Music's clunky iTunes ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
The GRC Market Is Expanding at an Exponential Rate
... with using obsolete GRC software is that solutions were designed with different objectives in mind, as such, are clunky and can't keep up with ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
6
How to use the new Continuum feature in Windows 10
Forcing this strange and clunky method of control on the user was, in the most part, unwanted and certainly unwelcome. Windows 10 fixes most ... «PC Advisor, Jul 15»
7
Ditch the whiteboard and go for modern training tools instead
Forget the classroom and the clunky learning modules – there's an app for that. It's no secret that legions of tech-happy, smartphone-wielding ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
8
'Ranked Realtors and Real Estate Agents' Help Buyers To Get The …
On a different report of Wall Street Journal released early this year, it has mentioned that a clunky site has been designed to assist buyers and ... «Realty Today, Jul 15»
9
'Mission critical' teamwork tool Convo launches completely rebuilt …
Its desktop app was based on the clunky Adobe AIR runtime and had sub-par search among its failings. The new Web app and native Mac OS ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
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A glossary of all the words being used to explain the Greek crisis
For those in the know, clunky terms like "Grexit" are shorthand, a quick way of saving a bundle of words. For everybody else, they're as ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»

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