clinking

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She worked with deep absorption, with quick expert movements, clonking pieces together, kneeling and then popping upright, tightening knobs, unfolding frames, zipping zippers, testing the connections of cords.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Manu gets to the ball first, clonking his own defender in the process who, in turn, clonks Messi.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2016

And once that clonking penny drops for global investors, the notion that the whole project will fall apart - not tomorrow, but one day - will increasingly become the default view.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2015

Perhaps there was a deep meaning to what looked like bone necklets, in contrast to big round baubles clonking on the chest.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2012

Parslow the butler was kept busy clonking the mud off shoes as the children ran into the house from playing in the Sandwalk, riding ponies from the stable, having games of croquet and ball.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman