Thunk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θʌŋk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Thunk is a verb meaning (humorous, nonstandard) past participle of think.
Meaning
(humorous, nonstandard) past participle of think.
More Meanings
- To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.
- (computing, functional programming) A delayed computation.
- (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.
- 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.
Example Sentences
I was thunked on the head by his stick.
I could think of things I never thunk before .
Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lie?
Not surprisingly, a thunk is more expensive to store than a single number[…].
Word Forms
- thunks
- thunking
- thunked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thwonk, thock, thud, thwop, thwock, kerplunk.
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