Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shunk

/ʃʌŋk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: shunk
IPA: /ʃʌŋk/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

verb

To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade hitting wood.

Example Sentences

"[…] the bitt [of the axe] shunked into the jamb and stuck. Dog brought up his short sword […]"
"... shunked into the snow next to the fighting trio. Rez did the same shortly after, although he was less concerned about hitting Bergmin or Tilvia than Silver was. Keskin didn't have the luxury of missing. He wanted to grab his sword, but[…]"
"[…] and Guillaume and Aimer fought a press of furious Saracens. It was a tense moment as the key stuck in the lock, and more than one arrow shunked against the heavy oak doors inches from Elye's head."

Etymology

Imitative. Compare shink, thunk, shlick.

Inflected Forms

Shunks (plural) shunks (present, singular) shunking (participle, present) shunked (participle, past) shunked (past)

Rhymes With

drunk punk trunk junk monk sunk funk chunk dunk bunk shrunk hunk

Questions

How do you pronounce shunk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃʌŋk/.
What does shunk mean?: A surname.
Where does shunk come from?: Imitative. Compare shink, thunk, shlick.

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