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Date: 1700-1800
Origin: From the sound

clunk

 noun
     
clunk [countable]
a loud sound made when two solid objects hit each other:
the clunk of the car door being shut
—clunk verb [intransitive and transitive]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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