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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud] v
1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground [syn: clop, clump, clunk, plunk]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1796 intransitive verb 1. to make a clunk 2. to hit something with a clunk transitive verb to strike or hit with a clunk II. noun Date: 1823 1. a blow or the sound of a blow ; thump 2. a dull or stupid person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a dull sound as of thick pieces of metal meeting. --v.intr. make such a sound. Etymology: imit.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clunks) A clunk is a sound made by a heavy object hitting something hard. Something fell to the floor with a clunk. N-COUNT; SOUND: usu sing; SOUND

Moby Thesaurus

bump, chink, click, clink, clop, clump, crump, dull thud, flick, flump, pad, pat, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, rap, tap, thud, thump, tick, tinkle, tunk