Doodlingo

clunky

Heavy, awkward, and audible about it.

what it means

Clunky is a word you can hear. Clunk is the noise a heavy thing makes when it lands badly, and adding -y turns the noise into a description — so the word carries its own sound effect, the way squelchy and creaky do. The drawing takes it to the feet: a man walking with each shoe roped to a wooden block, and you can tell from his face how it is going. Everything still works. He is moving. It is just heavy, awkward, and one step behind where it should be. That is why the word fits software and furniture as easily as walking.

Clunky se puede oír. Clunk es el ruido de algo pesado que cae mal, y el sufijo -y convierte el ruido en descripción. En el dibujo, un hombre camina con cada zapato atado a un bloque de madera. Todo funciona: solo es pesado, torpe y va un paso por detrás.

Clunky dá para ouvir. Clunk é o som de algo pesado que cai mal, e o sufixo -y transforma o som em descrição. No desenho, um homem anda com cada sapato amarrado a um bloco de madeira. Tudo funciona: só é pesado, desajeitado e um passo atrasado.

Clunky s'entend. Clunk, c'est le bruit d'un objet lourd qui retombe mal, et le suffixe -y transforme le bruit en description. Sur le dessin, un homme marche avec chaque chaussure attachée à un bloc de bois. Tout fonctionne : c'est juste lourd et maladroit.

Clunky bisa didengar. Clunk adalah bunyi benda berat yang jatuh tak rapi, dan akhiran -y mengubah bunyi itu jadi keterangan. Di gambar, seorang pria berjalan dengan tiap sepatu diikat ke balok kayu. Semua tetap jalan: hanya berat, kaku, dan selalu telat selangkah.

Clunky duyulabilen bir sözcüktür. Clunk, ağır bir şeyin kötü düşerken çıkardığı sestir; -y eki sesi bir sıfata çevirir. Resimde adam, her ayakkabısı bir tahta bloğa bağlı yürüyor. Her şey çalışıyor: sadece ağır, hantal ve bir adım geriden.

clunky は耳で分かる言葉です。clunk は重いものが不格好に落ちる音で、-y が付くと音がそのまま形容詞になります。絵では、両方の靴を木のブロックに縛られた男が歩いています。動いてはいる。ただ重く、ぎこちなく、いつも一歩遅れているのです。

  1. 01

    adjective

    heavy and awkward to use or move

    The checkout was so clunky that people gave up.

  2. 02

    adjective

    badly put together, with the joins showing

    A clunky sentence that needed reading twice.

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