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Word: clunk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

...Automobile magazine and usually no fan of the Big Three. "We're finally reaching the point with this model-year where you have a legitimate reason not to buy Japanese." Or, as a once skeptical test driver notes, citing a kind of bottom-line test: "The doors go clunk instead of clink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Cars, High Hopes | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...fictional Zenith, George Babbitt brags about boosterism. In Boston, a Tappet brother asks, "Does the transmission go clunk before or after you let in the clutch?" In Paris, Papa Wemba recalls his days as Zaire's most popular folk singer. And in New Orleans, Dr. John bellows the blues from the stage of the Colt 38 Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: National Public Radio: Beyond Headlines and Haydn | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

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