Associations to the word «Thunk»

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.

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