dial. [See prec. (Sense 2 corresponds to Sw. klunka.)]
1. intr. To make the sound described under CLUNK sb. (Sc.)
In Jam.; and in mod. Dicts.
2. trans. To swallow with an effort, to gulp down, bolt. (s. w. dial.)
1847–78. Halliwell, Clunk, To swallow. Devon.
1853. N. & Q., Ser. I. VIII. 65/2.
1880. W. Cornwall (& E. Cornw.) Gloss., Clunk, to swallow with an effort; to bolt.
