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- Dictionaryclunky/ˈklʌŋki/
adjective
- 1. solid, heavy, and old-fashioned: "even last year's laptops look clunky"
- 2. making a clunking sound: "clunky conveyor belts"
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The meaning of CLUNKY is clumsy in style, form, or execution. How to use clunky in a sentence.
CLUNKY definition: 1. heavy and solid in an ugly way: 2. awkward or badly done: 3. old-fashioned or slow: . Learn more.
If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
clunky - 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". clumsy, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective clunky. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
clunky. (of shoes) solid, heavy and old-fashioned. (of technology) old-fashioned; not well designed. The device has clunky controls. (of writing, especially for a film) of poor quality; that does not seem realistic. The movie is ruined by wooden acting and clunky dialogue.
A complete guide to the word "CLUNKY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
awkward. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance. adjective. making a clunking sound. synonyms: audible, hearable. heard or perceptible by the ear.
If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
1. : large and awkward in form or appearance. clunky shoes. 2. : old and not working well. I drive a clunky old station wagon. a clunky old computer. 3. : badly or awkwardly made or done.
