: a flat hollow sound
thunked; thunking; thunks
: to produce a flat hollow sound : make a thunk
Examples of thunk in a Sentence
Noun
The book landed on the floor with a thunk.
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Fred Katz, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Just an hour before, the metallic thunk of a mailbox lid triggered a line from his play, The Fear of 13, spoken when his character, a death-row inmate, receives a letter.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Who woulda thunk, however, that Larry has such a good eye for spotting Asian babies?
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau predicted the type of thunk Brogdon would attempt.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Just an hour before, the metallic thunk of a mailbox lid triggered a line from his play, The Fear of 13, spoken when his character, a death-row inmate, receives a letter.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
The magnetic cable holders thunk satisfyingly onto the desktop and keep your cables from going astray.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Who woulda thunk, however, that Larry has such a good eye for spotting Asian babies?
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Thunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thunk. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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