clonking

Making dull thuds

Clonking is making a heavy, dull sound—the noise of something solid striking another surface: I heard him clonking around upstairs in his boots.

A clonking engine produces worrying metallic thuds.

In British slang, clonking can mean hitting someone: She clonked him on the head with a frying pan.

impact

thud

Dull impact noise

smash · collision · slam · whack · bash · knock · bump · hit · strike · wallop

mechanical

engine

Machine producing motion

  • gearsToothed rotating machine parts
  • pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
  • valvesFlow-controlling mechanisms

crankshaft · transmission · bearings · cogs · camshaft · turbine · rattling · knocking · misfiring · diesel

resonant

clang

Loud metallic sound

  • gongStruck metal disc
  • bellHollow resonating instrument
  • tollFee for passage

knell · peal · chime · reverberate · resonate · sonorous · metallic · hollow · deep · ringing

Opposites
sound quality

clonkingcracking

Breaking without separating completely

clicking · pinging · tinkling · snapping · chiming

sound presence

clonkingsilent

Producing no sound

quiet · soundless · muted · hushed · noiseless

impact weight

clonkingtapping

Repeated light striking

pattering · flicking · brushing · grazing · skimming

Family

clunk, clunky, clunker, clonk, clunking, clunked, clonked, clonks

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G