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thunk
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1thunk

\ˈthəŋk\

Definition of THUNK

dialect past and past participle of think

Other Dialect Terms

bespoke, boughten, lave, muchacho, nigh, spunk, toboggan

2thunk

noun

Definition of THUNK

: a flat hollow sound
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Examples of THUNK

  1. The book landed on the floor with a thunk.

Origin of THUNK

imitative
First Known Use: 1947

Rhymes with THUNK

bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, junk, monk, plunk, punk, skunk, spunk, sunk, trunk

3thunk

intransitive verb

Definition of THUNK

: to produce a flat hollow sound : make a thunk

First Known Use of THUNK

1949

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