: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
Little wonder the doors close with the same pleasing thunk as those on the Merc.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
After the report made its great thunk, nothing of the sort happened.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2011
Brightly colored targets downrange bore the brunt with a muffled thunk.
—Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2023
Larry Fink, well, who’d have thunk it?
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 24 Mar. 2022
Who woulda thunk it?
—Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 13 May 2021
Who would have ever thunk that?
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
Walking indoors with a Gita is a little bit like trailing something on a string; round a corner too sharply and the robot will thunk into the wall.
—Kyle Stock, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2022
Who'd've thunk a bearded dragon would be just the right complement to these space-age, holographic nails?
—Chelsea Avila, Allure, 15 Aug. 2022
Designing a new car is the easy bit; building it to scale with doors that thunk nicely is really hard.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2022
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Noun
The clank and ratchet of metal on metal and the thunk of a round being rammed into the breech all recalled the mechanics of ancient cannon and trebuchet, despite the advanced targeting hardware.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
Little wonder the doors close with the same pleasing thunk as those on the Merc.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
After the report made its great thunk, nothing of the sort happened.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2011
Brightly colored targets downrange bore the brunt with a muffled thunk.
—Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
Verb
The Coliseum is the place to be — who would have thunk it?
—John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2023
Larry Fink, well, who’d have thunk it?
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 24 Mar. 2022
Who woulda thunk it?
—Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 13 May 2021
Who would have ever thunk that?
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
Walking indoors with a Gita is a little bit like trailing something on a string; round a corner too sharply and the robot will thunk into the wall.
—Kyle Stock, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2022
Who'd've thunk a bearded dragon would be just the right complement to these space-age, holographic nails?
—Chelsea Avila, Allure, 15 Aug. 2022
Designing a new car is the easy bit; building it to scale with doors that thunk nicely is really hard.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2022
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thunk
verbˈthəŋk
: to make a flat hollow sound
thunk
noun
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