单词 | clunk |
释义 | clunkn. Scottish. A sound such as is made by a cork drawn forcibly from a bottle, by liquid poured out of a narrow-necked vessel, or shaken in a vessel partially empty, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > water agitated in vessel jaup1811 clunk1823 1823 J. Galt Entail III. xiii. 125 The corks playing clunk in the kitchen frae morning to night. a1856 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey (1858) 224 There was the usual..mixture of guggle, clunk, and splash, which forms..the voyager's concert. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clunkv. 1. intransitive. To make the sound described under clunk n. colloquial (originally Scottish).In Jamieson; and in modern dictionaries. ΚΠ a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 205 An' made the bottle clunk To their health that night. 1834 ‘C. North’ in Blackwood's Mag. July 138 Canna ye sook that back without your jaw-banes clunkin? 1960 ‘M. Cronin’ Begin with Gun ix. 106 His face clunked against the wall. 2. transitive. To swallow with an effort, to gulp down, bolt. (south-western dialect) ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Clunk, To swallow. Devon. 1853 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 8 65. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 12/2 Clunk, to swallow with an effort; to bolt. 3. transitive. To hit or strike (so as to produce a ‘clunk’). Cf. clonk v. 2. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] swingc725 slayc825 knockc1000 platOE swengea1225 swipa1225 kill?c1225 girdc1275 hitc1275 befta1300 anhitc1300 frapa1330 lushc1330 reddec1330 takec1330 popc1390 swapa1400 jod?14.. quella1425 suffetc1440 smith1451 nolpc1540 bedunch1567 percuss1575 noba1586 affrap1590 cuff?1611 doda1661 buffa1796 pug1802 nob1811 scud1814 bunt1825 belt1838 duntle1850 punt1886 plunk1888 potch1892 to stick one on1910 clunk1943 zonk1950 1943 I. Wolfert Tucker's People (1944) xiii. 202 Sit down or I'll clunk your other ear. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. vii. 73 With..Bill Johnson clunking the banjo. Derivatives ˈclunking n. ΚΠ 1960 ‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom 163 The rudder in its pintles made a clunking sound. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1823v.a1796 |
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