thunk

Speech parts

1. thunk - Noun

2. thunk - Verb

3. thunk - Interjection

Meaning

thunk

(humorous, nonstandard) past participle of think

Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lie?
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk that the skunk stunk.

thunk

Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact.

thunk (third-person singular simple present thunks, present participle thunking, simple past and past participle thunked)

To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.
I was thunked on the head by his stick.

(computing, functional programming) A delayed computation.
Coordinate term: closure

(computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.

(computing) A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.

(computing, functional programming, transitive) To delay (a computation).

(computing, transitive) To execute (code) by means of a thunk.

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Also, the screen occasionally collided with the keyboard with an audible thunk if we weren't careful about opening the laptop body wide enough for proper clearance. Source: Internet

Q: Is “thunk” a new word or did I miss out on this one in my 50-plus years? Source: Internet

The chips smell like taco seasoning – who’d a thunk it? Source: Internet

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