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PRONUNCIATION OF THUNK

thunk  [θʌŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THUNK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thunk is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb thunk in English.

WHAT DOES THUNK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thunk

In computer programming, a thunk is a subroutine that is created, often automatically, to assist a call to another subroutine. Thunks are primarily used to represent an additional calculation that a subroutine needs to execute, or to call a routine that does not support the usual calling mechanism. They have a variety of other applications to compiler code generation and modular programming.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO THUNK

PRESENT

Present
I thunk
you thunk
he/she/it thunks
we thunk
you thunk
they thunk
Present continuous
I am thunking
you are thunking
he/she/it is thunking
we are thunking
you are thunking
they are thunking
Present perfect
I have thunked
you have thunked
he/she/it has thunked
we have thunked
you have thunked
they have thunked
Present perfect continuous
I have been thunking
you have been thunking
he/she/it has been thunking
we have been thunking
you have been thunking
they have been thunking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I thunked
you thunked
he/she/it thunked
we thunked
you thunked
they thunked
Past continuous
I was thunking
you were thunking
he/she/it was thunking
we were thunking
you were thunking
they were thunking
Past perfect
I had thunked
you had thunked
he/she/it had thunked
we had thunked
you had thunked
they had thunked
Past perfect continuous
I had been thunking
you had been thunking
he/she/it had been thunking
we had been thunking
you had been thunking
they had been thunking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will thunk
you will thunk
he/she/it will thunk
we will thunk
you will thunk
they will thunk
Future continuous
I will be thunking
you will be thunking
he/she/it will be thunking
we will be thunking
you will be thunking
they will be thunking
Future perfect
I will have thunked
you will have thunked
he/she/it will have thunked
we will have thunked
you will have thunked
they will have thunked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been thunking
you will have been thunking
he/she/it will have been thunking
we will have been thunking
you will have been thunking
they will have been thunking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would thunk
you would thunk
he/she/it would thunk
we would thunk
you would thunk
they would thunk
Conditional continuous
I would be thunking
you would be thunking
he/she/it would be thunking
we would be thunking
you would be thunking
they would be thunking
Conditional perfect
I would have thunk
you would have thunk
he/she/it would have thunk
we would have thunk
you would have thunk
they would have thunk
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been thunking
you would have been thunking
he/she/it would have been thunking
we would have been thunking
you would have been thunking
they would have been thunking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you thunk
we let´s thunk
you thunk
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to thunk
Past participle
thunked
Present Participle
thunking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THUNK


bunk
bʌŋk
chipmunk
ˈtʃɪpˌmʌŋk
chunk
tʃʌŋk
cyberpunk
ˈsaɪbəˌpʌŋk
debunk
diːˈbʌŋk
drunk
drʌŋk
dunk
dʌŋk
funk
fʌŋk
gunk
ɡʌŋk
hunk
hʌŋk
junk
dʒʌŋk
monk
mʌŋk
podunk
ˈpəʊdʌŋk
punk
pʌŋk
shrunk
ʃrʌŋk
skunk
skʌŋk
slam-dunk
ˌslæmˈdʌŋk
spunk
spʌŋk
sunk
sʌŋk
trunk
trʌŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THUNK

thundercloud
thunderflash
thunderhead
thundering
thunderingly
thunderless
thunderous
thunderously
thunderousness
thundershower
thunderstone
thunderstorm
thunderstricken
thunderstrike
thunderstroke
thunderstruck
thundery
thundrous

WORDS THAT END LIKE THUNK

blue funk
blunk
bohunk
clunk
countersunk
crunk
electro-funk
flunk
half-drunk
lunk
plunk
postpunk
preshrunk
punch-drunk
slam dunk
slunk
space junk
stunk
tree trunk
wardrobe trunk

Synonyms and antonyms of thunk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thunk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THUNK

Find out the translation of thunk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thunk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thunk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的thunk
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thunk
570 millions of speakers

English

thunk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thunk
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صوت هائل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преобразователь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conversão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thunk
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thunk
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berdegil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thunk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サンク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

썽크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thunk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thunk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thunk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thunk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thunk
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thunk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перетворювач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thunk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thunk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thunk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thunk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thunk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thunk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THUNK»

The term «thunk» is regularly used and occupies the 71.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THUNK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thunk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thunk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thunk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUNK»

Discover the use of thunk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thunk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thunk!: How to Think Less for Serenity and Success
However, if you cannot stop thinking wheneveryou want, then you are not thinking - instead you are beingTHUNK!With this fun and enlightening book, meditation teacherSandy C. Newbigging shares advice and exercises for changingyour ...
Sandy C. Newbigging, 2012
2
Go Thunk Yourself!(tm) - Become Rich, Famous, a Success
This book's simple 14-day program allows you to recreate your own life, just the way you want it to be!All you have to do is invest some time each day to read these simple chapters and do the exercises.
Robert C. Worstell, 2007
3
The Tales of Tommy Tucker: The Thought That Out Thunk the ...
My stories are created from a mix of childish imagination and humorous illustrations so the readers are not just simply learning a moral but having fun with it all at the same time.
Thomas Meadows, 2012
4
Think, Thank, Thunk
Dr. Robert C. Worstell, M.Msc, MBA, PhD is an independent researcher and the author of several selfhelp and selfimprovement books, Thinking at Internet Speed , How Self Help Authors Write Bestsellers, Go Thunk Yourself TM , Go Thunk ...
Napoleon Hill , Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Wallace D. Wattles
5
Go Thunk Yourself! Again
Robert C. Worstell. What if you were given a way to solve anything? What would you do if nothing were impossible for you to achieve? Would you like to think more creatively than the most famous artists in history? In GO THUNK YOURSELF, ...
Robert C. Worstell
6
Go Thunk Yourself, S'more!
Robert C. Worstell. steps to this, such as: 1. sitting in a quiet room, 2. relaxing completely, 3. imagining your mind a basin with a stopper covering the drain. Empty this basin by pulling the stopper. Do this three times or more, untilyou ...
Robert C. Worstell
7
Go Thunk Yourself! Again!:
Part. I. –. How. to. “Thunk”. Whywe try to figure things out... Why do we analyze? Whatproduct arewe looking for? While pure research has its own use, the majority application of analysis is anchored in the real world. There are broad goals and ...
Robert C. Worstell
8
Who Would Have Thunk I Could Be an Artist: A Lightworker’s ...
Who would have “Thunk” I could be an Artist! I never knew I could write a poem let alone draw a picture until an opportunity came to me from out of the blue. I hope that my little not so perfect book inspires people to want to try some form of art ...
Kathleen Kakae Culbertson, 2011
9
Who Would Have Thunk It!: The First Adventures of the Fraser ...
"The story of Emma, George, and Joseph Fraser, three siblings who were placed in the foster care system after their mother became mentally ill and their father could no longer care for them.
George C. Fraser, Emma Fraser-Pendleton, 2012
10
Implementation of Functional Languages: 10th International ...
When a program starts to evaluate an unevaluated thunk. it copies the contents of the thunk onto the stack (or into registers) and overwrites the thunk with an object known as a "black-hole." When the program completes evaluation of the ...
Kevin Hammond, Tony Davie, Chris Clack, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THUNK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thunk is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Think 'Thunk' About Complementary Currencies
Thunk factor describes the consumer experience upon receiving a physical product — that “thunk” sound from dropping a book or set of DVDs on the table after ... «Uncommon Wisdom Daily, Jul 15»
2
Whoda Thunk? Metalheads Proven Better Adjusted Than Other …
It's a good day to throw up the devil horns, because according to a new study, metalheads are doing just fine -- and maybe even better than you. The study's ... «Yahoo Music, Jul 15»
3
April 2015: The who-da-thunk-it edition
Last month, the second-best selling plug-in made by an American automaker was the Chevrolet Spark Electric Vehicle. Let me repeat that. The only ... «Autoblog, May 15»
4
Tattle Tales by Noah: Who'd have thunk
Who'd have thunk the gents in this snap taken in 1944 would be relatives of a great baseball player one day? Noah Zobrist and son Noah Jr. and George Kruse ... «Morton Times News, Apr 15»
5
Who'da Thunk It? Pharma Warms Up To FDA Taking Economics Into …
Pharmaceutical industry executives used to dread the prospect of FDA factoring economics into their approval decisions. Now close to half support the idea, ... «Managed Care magazine, Mar 15»
6
Who'da thunk? Physical books are Barnes & Noble's saving grace
Barnes & Noble's core book selling business continued to be the brightest part of its quarterly results. Five years ago, few people would have guessed that ... «Fortune, Mar 15»
7
Chicago's winter delays Cubs plans? Who woulda thunk it?
Chicago's winter delays Cubs plans? Who woulda thunk it? Facebook. 0 · Twitter. 200 · Google+ · LinkedIn. 200. Email; Print; Comments. 0. hello. Article to: ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Mar 15»
8
DeAndre Jordan puts down the THUNK (throw dunk) of the year on …
This is like Blake Griffin on Timofey Mozgov only 3x more blatant. It isn't even close to a dunk! That's OK, though, because a quality thunk can still be entertaining ... «SB Nation, Feb 15»
9
Ford's B-Max: Fiesta-based runaround that goes THUNK
Vulture at the Wheel This is the most sensible car you can buy. That's not necessarily a good thing. The Ford B-Max takes all the things you'd look for in ... «Register, Nov 14»
10
Who'da thunk it? The Eurozone actually grew in 3Q
The Eurozone hasn't been a happy place this summer: France has sacked its government, Spain's is engulfed in corruption scandals, Italy is still trying to escape ... «Fortune, Nov 14»

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