: a flat hollow sound
thunked; thunking; thunks
: to produce a flat hollow sound : make a thunk
Examples of thunk in a Sentence
Noun
The book landed on the floor with a thunk.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The finale, which aired in December 2022, landed with a startling thunk on the side of a boat.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
The magnetic cable holders thunk satisfyingly onto the desktop and keep your cables from going astray.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Noun
All recently out of high school, the Lemonheads play a ’77-style thunk that’s well-documented on Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners, their forthcoming 7″ EP on Patrick Amory’s Angry Arms label.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The finale, which aired in December 2022, landed with a startling thunk on the side of a boat.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
And who would have ever thunk that a HOCKEY team from Florida would be the most dominant professional team in American sports?
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
The magnetic cable holders thunk satisfyingly onto the desktop and keep your cables from going astray.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Thunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thunk. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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