thunk
/θʌŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
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.
noun
noun
A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.
Example Sentences
- "Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lie?"
- "A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk that the skunk stunk."
- "I could think of things I never thunk before ..."
- "“Do you think I could have a minute to think about it?” “The prisoner needs a moment to think about it.” “It's ok. I thought about it.” “He's thunk about it.” “Okay. And I agree.”"
- "I was thunked on the head by his stick."
- "Not surprisingly, a thunk is more expensive to store than a single number[…]."