1. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
   "We heard the clunking of the carriage horses on the cobblestone street";
   - clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping

1. Make a loud thud
   "The wrench clunkd against the metal pipe";
   - clonk

Type of: sound

Encyclopedia: Clunk