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thunk

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thunk 1  (thngk)
n.
A dull, hollow sound: the thunk of a metal pipe striking a tree.
intr.v. thunked, thunk·ing, thunks
To make a dull, hollow sound: "Her hard shoes thunk on the stairs" (Carolyn Chute).

[Imitative.]

thunk 2  (thngk)
v. Nonstandard
A past tense and a past participle of think.

thunk [θʌŋk]
n
vb Informal another word for thud
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Noun1.thunk - a dull hollow sound; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim"
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"


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An' they would thunk I could drive her like a Lucania, an' wi'out burnun' coals.
 
 
 
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