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Low, dull impact sound
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clonk
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A clonk is a fishing tool which has been used in Europe to fish for Wels catfish . It consists of a stick with three parts: handle, fork and heel. Originally it was made of wood but nowadays there are clonks made of plastic or metal too because they are ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1930, imitative. Related: Clonked ; clonking .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. 2 (cx fishing English) A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait. vb. To make such a sound.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It hit the top of his helmet with a clonk . ▪ The blades of the Martec propeller are not meshed so they tend to throw open with something of a clonk .
Usage examples of clonk.
There was a loud clonking of feet on the wooden steps as Longton joined them in the basement vault.
Deane was decent enough to let loose a flood of knowledge into my mind just before that blasted Tanya clonked me with her boomerang.
Her own natural pads provided more than enough protection, and it added a nice element of stealth to her approach that she found preferable to clonking about in Starfleet-issue footwear.
He also heard rocks being manhandled, rocks clonking down, to block the passage was his only guess.
She walked slowly into the empty living room, feet clonking on the wooden floor.
A claw tore the barbarian's thigh as the dead thing's head struck the wall with a clonk muffled by thick orange-red fur.
Well, Deane was decent enough to let loose a flood of knowledge into my mind just before that blasted Tanya clonked me with her boomerang.
Delinko had clonked directly into one of Curly's earthmoving machines.
It was followed by a few heavy clonks somewhere inside the wall, and Offler the Crocodile God grated ponderously aside.
It was followed by a few heavy clonks somewhere inside the wall, and Offler the Crocodile God grated ponderously aside.