thunk
5
8.9
- noun
- /θʌŋk/
:
golpe sordo
- I dropped them both with a big thunk at Monty's feet.
- a loud thunk
- a dull thunk
- a hollow thunk
Examples
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He closed the heavy door with a satisfying thunk that resonated in the empty hallway.
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There is a loud thunk and the plane rocks.
Fiction book (1990) -
Did you hear that "thunk"?
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The trunk lid made a good, solid thunk when I shut it.
Fiction book (1999) -
We heard a thunk.
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The metal dented with a thunk that echoed through the roadster over the shouting outside.
Fiction book (2002) -
He lands on the floor with a big thunk and the chief clerk says, yes, there's there's something in there.
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I heard their muffled voices and the periodic thunk of the toaster releasing slice after slice.
Fiction book (1996) -
When I dropped the book on the floor, it made a loud thunk that startled me.
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The basketball hit the court with a dull thunk as it bounced away from the hoop.
Synonyms
81
2.2
A heavy, dull sound made when something hits or falls
49
3.0
A heavy dull sound something makes when it hits a surface
8
6.0
A heavy, dull sound made when something hits a hard surface
1
8.5
A dull sound made when a heavy object hits something
1
7.9
A dull, heavy sound made when something hits another thing
1
5.4
A heavy dull sound that a hard object makes when it is hit or dropped
A soft, low sound that something makes when it hits a surface
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thunk is a sound word that copies the noise of a heavy, hollow hit, like the words thump or thud. So a 'thunk' is the dull sound something makes when it hits a surface.