clunked
Made dull impact
Clunked is the past tense of clunk, meaning to make or move with a dull, heavy sound—the noise of something solid striking or dropping: The engine clunked and died, She clunked the mug down on the table.
The sound suggests weight and bluntness rather than sharpness or resonance.
Minor vehicle collision
- bumpedStruck with impact
- rear-endedHit from behind
- dentedHaving a surface depression
- scrapedRubbed harshly against
hit · crashed · struck · accident · parking · dinged · nudged · tapped
Machine producing motion
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- transmissionSending of information
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
- pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
valves · crankshaft · bearings · machinery · breakdown · malfunction · stalled · sputtered
thud
Dull impact noise
knock · bump · bonk · whack · struck · hit · collision · crash · smack · wallop
fender-bender
Minor vehicle collision
- bumpedStruck with impact
- rear-endedHit from behind
- dentedHaving a surface depression
scraped · hit · crashed · struck · accident · parking · dinged · nudged · tapped · sideswiped
engine
Machine producing motion
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- transmissionSending of information
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
pistons · valves · crankshaft · bearings · machinery · breakdown · malfunction · stalled · sputtered · grinding
lumbered
Moved ponderously and awkwardly
plodded · shuffled · galumphed · tromped · heavy-footed · ungainly · awkward · ponderous · stumbled · bumbled