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Clunks vs Clunky - What's the difference?

clunks | clunky |

As a noun clunks

is plural of lang=en.

As a verb clunks

is third-person singular of clunk.

As an adjective clunky is

ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.

clunks

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (clunk)
  • clunky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
  • At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky .

    Derived terms

    * clunkiness