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Definition of Thunk
1. Noun. A dull hollow sound. "The basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim"
Definition of Thunk
1. Verb. (context: humorous nonstandard) (past participle of think) ¹
2. Interjection. (non-gloss definition Representing the sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact). ¹
3. Verb. to strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound ¹
4. Noun. (context: computing functional programming) a delayed computation ¹
5. Noun. (computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments. ¹
6. Noun. (computing) a mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thunk
1. to make a sudden, muffled sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunk
Literary usage of Thunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"Trees which shed their leaves annually, or at longer intervals as • do the
evergreens, Pio. 1. SECTION OF thunk OF FI&-TBEE, SHOWING THE ANNUAL RINGS OF ..."
2. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
"... went by a horse, thunk-a-ta, thunk-a-ta, bang, bang went by a truck. ...
went by a horse; thunk-a-ta, thunk-a-ta, bang, bang went by a ..."
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