different between lunky vs clunky

English

Etymology

lunk +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??ki/
• Rhymes: -??ki

Adjective

lunky (comparative lunkier, superlative lunkiest)

1. Stupid; slow-witted; unintelligent.
   • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, p. 98:

     As her mother tucks her brother in, Judy settles before the television and flicks from The Wonder Years to Night Court to a French movie, starring that lunky Depardieu who is in all of them, this time about a man who comes into a village and usurps another man’s identity, including his wife.

See also

• lunkhead

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ki

Adjective

clunky (comparative clunkier, superlative clunkiest)

1. (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
   • 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "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.

2. Being or making a clunk sound.
   • 2012, Mike Brent, Fiona Dent, The Leader's Guide to Influence

     You might find yourself listening to the sound your car door makes when it shuts. Is it a cheap tinny sound or a strong clunky sound like the VW?

Derived terms

• clunkiness

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