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clunky definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy]
2: making a clunking sound

Merriam Webster's

adjective (clunkier; -est) Date: 1965 clumsy in style, form, or execution <a clunky thriller> <clunky earrings>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward. ...a clunky piece of architecture. ADJ: usu ADJ n