Clunky (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Making a clunking sound.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The clunky stairs creaked with each step as if complaining of their own weariness.
- His boots were a bit too large, resulting in clunky steps as he made his way down the path.
- After the machine had been damaged in shipping, the normally smooth parts moved in clunky unison.
- With an initial groan and some clunky, grudging mechanical protests, the large factory equipment rumbled back to life.
- Old mechanical locks always produce that signature clunky, rotating-spring-loud-thud click whenever turned from an exterior mechanism.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She moved with clunky steps due to her broken ankle and cast.
- His large feet and poor coordination made him look clunky on the dance floor.
- After breaking his arm, the baseball player felt clunky swinging the bat again.
- She awkwardly lifted the unwieldy boxes with her clunky movements causing the boxes to teeter.
- As he ran across the stage with clunky footsteps, his dancing was quickly exposed as an afterthought.