Associations to the word «Thunk»

Wiktionary

THUNK, verb. (humorous) (nonstandard) past participle of think
THUNK, interjection. 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.
THUNK, verb. To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound
THUNK, noun. (computing) (functional programming) a delayed computation
THUNK, noun. (computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.
THUNK, noun. (computing) a mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system.

Dictionary definition

THUNK, noun. A dull hollow sound; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn