clunk

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  1. noun A dull sound; a thump.
  2. noun A blow that produces a dull sound.
  3. noun Informal A stupid, dull person.
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  • The sympathetic female in Leah responded to the sickening clunk, and before she could think better of it she'd swung round to offer succour and comfort, her soft hands finding the hard wall of his chest 'Are… are you all right?' —  FUGITIVEBRIDE
  • Once the tape had played itself out, it automatically rewound -- with a clunk, a whir, and a last emphatic clunk. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
  • "Hey!" It hit the raft with a clunk, reverberating into the empty oil drums that gave it buoyancy. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 04 - April 2003
  • There was a clunk, and then I heard papers shuffling. —  Muller, Marcia - [11] Trophies and Dead Things.htm
  • And before that, she'd heard that funny sound, that clunk, and had wondered what he was doing. —  THE ANASTASIA SYNDROME AND OTHER STORIES
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thunk ·  whump ·  whoosh ·  thwack ·  clank ·  clack ·  plop ·  whir ·  thud ·  whomp ·  splat ·  snicker
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