Usually means: Loud, repetitive noise during movement.
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  1. clunking: Merriam-Webster
  2. clunking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. clunking: Vocabulary.com
  4. Clunking, clunking: Wordnik
  5. clunking: Wiktionary
  6. clunking: Dictionary.com
  7. clunking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. clunking: FreeDictionary.org
  9. clunking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. clunking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  clunky; awkward
▸ noun:  A sound that clunks.

Similar:
thud, thump, clop, plunk, clump, klunky, clunky, lumbering, clouterly, clumpish, more...

Opposite:
smooth, quiet, seamless, effortless, graceful

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Similar:
thud, thump, clop, plunk, clump, klunky, clunky, lumbering, clouterly, clumpish, more...

Opposite:
smooth, quiet, seamless, effortless, graceful



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