thunk
Example Sentences
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It landed with a thunk, and after that, only our heavy exhalations were audible as we caught our breath after laughing so hard.
From Literature
But we had a great time making it, and then it went thunk, but now I still get fan mail about it.
From Los Angeles Times
It made a satisfying thunk and the photo with the young Dr. Achebe enlarged.
From Literature
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
