thunk

¹ American  

[thuhngk] / θʌŋk /

noun

1. an abrupt, dull sound.

   the thunk of a shutting window.

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verb (used without object)

1. to make such a sound.

   The window thunked shut.

thunk ² American  

[thuhngk] / θʌŋk /

verb

Nonstandard.

1. a simple past tense and past participle of think.

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thunk British  

/ θʌŋk /

noun

1. informal  another word for thud

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Etymology

Origin of thunk

1945–50; blend of thud and clunk

Example Sentences

I came to love the satisfying thunk of the cleaver hitting the cutting board.

From The Wall Street Journal

One could read Crooker’s dismay at the American robin’s thumps and thunks against her windowpane as a rhyme for the name of a certain infamous conman turned populist demagogue.

From Salon

The Sheriff’s Department admitted in a news release that the gun might have actually fallen out of a squad car — thunk — onto the streets of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

The venue fell silent as his final shot sailed toward the target, hitting with a thunk.

From Los Angeles Times

“Who would have thunk it would be so simple? It was a fluke,” Harris, now 79, told The Times in a recent interview.

From Los Angeles Times