Definition of "thunk" in English

verb

1. (humorous, nonstandard) past participle of think

   • Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lie?
   • A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk that the skunk stunk.

interjection

1. 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.

verb

1. To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.

   • I was thunked on the head by his stick.

noun

1. (computing, functional programming) A delayed computation.

2. (computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.

3. (computing) A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.

verb

1. (computing, functional programming, transitive) To delay (a computation).

2. (computing, transitive) To execute (code) by means of a thunk.