"clunky" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-clunky.ogg Forms: clunkier [comparative], clunkiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌŋki Etymology: From clunk + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|clunk|-y|id2=adjectival}} clunk + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} clunky (comparative clunkier, superlative clunkiest)
  1. (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome. Tags: informal Translations (ungainly and awkward to use): onhandig (Dutch), onbeholpen (Dutch), klobig (German), schwerfällig (German), prakket (Norwegian Bokmål), tungvint (Norwegian Bokmål), upraktisk (Norwegian Bokmål), desajeitado (Portuguese), неуклюжий (neukljužij) [masculine] (Russian), elverişsiz (Turkish), hantal (Turkish), kullanışsız (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-clunky-en-adj-vMW4cQUN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'ungainly and awkward to use': 98 2
  2. Being or making a clunk sound.
    Sense id: en-clunky-en-adj-FeY6wEYJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clunkily, clunkiness

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