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Noun: clunk  klúngk
  1. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
    - thump, thumping, clump, thud, clonk
     
  2. [N. Amer, informal] A stupid person; used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    - dunce, dunderhead [informal], numskull [informal], blockhead [informal], bonehead [informal], lunkhead [N. Amer], hammerhead [informal], knucklehead [informal], loggerhead [archaic], muttonhead [informal], dumbass [N. Amer], chowderhead [N. Amer, informal], chucklehead [informal], lamebrain [informal], pea brain [informal], numbskull [informal], bubblehead [informal], dumbhead [N. Amer, informal], twonk [Brit, informal], dumbo [informal], lunk [N. Amer, informal]
Verb: clunk  klúngk
  1. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
    - clop, clump, plunk

Derived forms: clunking, clunks, clunked

Type of: dolt [informal], dullard, go, meatball [N. Amer, informal], pillock [Brit, informal], pudden-head [US, informal], pudding head [informal], sound, stupe [N. Amer, informal], stupid, stupid person

Encyclopedia: Clunk