clunkyadj.

Brit.

/ˈklʌŋki/, U.S.

/ˈkləŋki/

Forms: 1900s– clunky, 1900s– klunky.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: klunk n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < klunk n. + -y suffix¹.

colloquial (originally North American).

1. Stupid; inferior. Now rare.This sense apparently now absorbed into sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > of actions, ideas, etc.

sloweOE

bluntc1175

simplea1425

headless1563

sottish1592

thick1600

stupid1609

incrassate1659

crass1660

simple-minded1774

bright1830

simplistic1844

noodly1870

unelectric1876

dinlo1907

clunky1965

1965 My Three Sons (CBS-TV) in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 441 I can't ask Mary Lou to do a clunky thing like that.

1966 Daily Mail 10 Feb. 8/8 There are laconic [U.S.] children's words like ‘clunky’, which means low grade and strong jazz words like ‘groovy’ and ‘chick’.

2. Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, esp. in design or function; spec. (frequently of shoes) solid, heavy, and somewhat inelegant.

ΚΠ

1968 C. Kirk & Z. Hanle Surfer's Handbk. i. 18 It may look clunkier because it's heavier and thicker.

1976 Los Angeles Times 14 Nov. v. 20/2 All the identity was in the clunky shoe.

1984 Which? Oct. (Car Suppl.) 55/2 Engines willing, flexible, smooth. Gears good, if a little clunky.

1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 213 The dialogue was clunky and dull, and many of the historical facts were just plain wrong.

1993 Sun Mag. (Baltimore) 15 Aug. 10 No rave boy would be complete without the standard Stussy baseball cap, an earring, clunky combat boots or old Pumas, and a backpack.

1998 Computerworld (Electronic ed.) 25 Jan. Electric Paper could offer a more natural-feeling way to handle and store documents than a rigid, klunky laptop does.

Derivatives

ˈclunkily adv.

ΚΠ

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 May b1 The 350 objects clunkily installed at the American Museum of Natural History, those saddening souvenirs, together tell us something we already know.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 7 May 26 The surest sign that someone is a front-runner..comes when the others start attacking him, which Peter Vallone did clunkily last Wednesday during Green's crime-prevention speech.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clunky
释义	clunkyadj. Brit. /ˈklʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈkləŋki/ Forms: 1900s– clunky, 1900s– klunky. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: klunk n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < klunk n. + -y suffix¹. colloquial (originally North American). 1. Stupid; inferior. Now rare.This sense apparently now absorbed into sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > of actions, ideas, etc. sloweOE bluntc1175 simplea1425 headless1563 sottish1592 thick1600 stupid1609 incrassate1659 crass1660 simple-minded1774 bright1830 simplistic1844 noodly1870 unelectric1876 dinlo1907 clunky1965 1965 My Three Sons (CBS-TV) in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 441 I can't ask Mary Lou to do a clunky thing like that. 1966 Daily Mail 10 Feb. 8/8 There are laconic [U.S.] children's words like ‘clunky’, which means low grade and strong jazz words like ‘groovy’ and ‘chick’. 2. Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, esp. in design or function; spec. (frequently of shoes) solid, heavy, and somewhat inelegant. ΚΠ 1968 C. Kirk & Z. Hanle Surfer's Handbk. i. 18 It may look clunkier because it's heavier and thicker. 1976 Los Angeles Times 14 Nov. v. 20/2 All the identity was in the clunky shoe. 1984 Which? Oct. (Car Suppl.) 55/2 Engines willing, flexible, smooth. Gears good, if a little clunky. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 213 The dialogue was clunky and dull, and many of the historical facts were just plain wrong. 1993 Sun Mag. (Baltimore) 15 Aug. 10 No rave boy would be complete without the standard Stussy baseball cap, an earring, clunky combat boots or old Pumas, and a backpack. 1998 Computerworld (Electronic ed.) 25 Jan. Electric Paper could offer a more natural-feeling way to handle and store documents than a rigid, klunky laptop does. Derivatives ˈclunkily adv. ΚΠ 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 May b1 The 350 objects clunkily installed at the American Museum of Natural History, those saddening souvenirs, together tell us something we already know. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 7 May 26 The surest sign that someone is a front-runner..comes when the others start attacking him, which Peter Vallone did clunkily last Wednesday during Green's crime-prevention speech. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1965
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