thunk
Example Sentences
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I came to love the satisfying thunk of the cleaver hitting the cutting board.
The Sheriff’s Department admitted in a news release that the gun might have actually fallen out of a squad car — thunk — onto the streets of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times
The venue fell silent as his final shot sailed toward the target, hitting with a thunk.
From Los Angeles Times
“Who would have thunk it would be so simple? It was a fluke,” Harris, now 79, told The Times in a recent interview.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s a gentle “thunk” as the bolt bounces off the whale, taking its nugget of tissue.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
