thunks

noun

plural of thunk
as in booms

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  1. booms
  2. thwacks
  3. thunderclaps
  4. pops
  5. clangs
  6. claps
  7. clanks
  8. bangs
Noun
  • Cities that saw outsized pandemic-era migration and construction booms are now working through excess supply, producing the only sustained year-over-year price declines in the country.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The former offensive lineman is a towering presence on the practice field, and his voice booms across the field even with whistles and music blaring.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of booms
Noun
  • At last week’s class, high-fives and hair-styling tips were generously distributed between thwacks of tennis balls.
    — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of thwacks
Noun
  • There are also thunderclaps, which are loud, explosive sounds of thunder that can accompany an extremely close lightning strike.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Definition of thunderclaps
Noun
  • For some, fall fashion starts with color, working in warm browns and flashes of crimson red or shaking typical neutrals up with pops of cobalt blue.
    — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Similar pops of blue highlight the front door and the back deck.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of pops
Noun
  • The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • The album’s official versions smooth out some of the buzzy sibilance of the bootlegs, but Hold Onto Me Infinity accommodates lots of tasteful clangs and wubs.
    — H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Definition of clangs
Noun
  • The entire gymnasium roared with claps and cheers, the loudest and most fervent applause of the evening.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Golf Channel would always be playing in the background; the soft claps were the soundtrack to our slow Saturdays.
    — Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of claps
Noun
  • The Valkyries had no answer in the first half, but a combination of tighter defense and possibly tired legs saw those effortless makes turn into clanks.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • If starting offense early in the shot clock is good, then draining the clock late into possessions must mean clanks are on the way.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of clanks
Noun
  • Wills had been in a meeting and recalled a fireball flying past and singeing her bangs.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In place of the blunt bangs, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, and The Tortured Poets Department.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of bangs
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“Thunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunks. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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