Recent Examples on the WebIn addition, the theme didn’t immediately clonk me on the head. Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2020 Shelby shows up at the Miles residence, and Ken, who has a beef with him, clonks him on the nose; soon the two of them are slugging it out on a patch of grass across the street. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019 One day, a can of beans fell off a shelf and clonked him on the head. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 July 2018 Heavy, clonking boots are not the right choice for the silent examination of Van Gogh. Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018 Vica’s now 35, still an ultrasound tech, and Sergey is clonking ineffectually around the margins of the finance world. Charles Bock, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2016