thunk

IPA: θˈʌnk

(computing, functional programming) A delayed computation.
(computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.
(computing) A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.

Examples of "thunk" in Sentences

Tas heard a loud "thunk," and light streamed into the tunnel ahead.
It's too bad the last one went "thunk"...the cake is rather charming.
I heard this "thunk", and as I was starting to get up to see what it was, there was this "crash".
With a soft "thunk," the sailor's hatchet chopped through the rope that linked the barge to the ship.
Nothing will make a driver stop faster than a resounding 'thunk' reverberating inside their aluminum can.
October 19, 2009 at 3:18 pm well, if the farghing latch won’t take……….ya gotta thunk it…..thunk it good echos of Devo waft through the ether
Most of my relatives there have a mango tree and you can be woken up at night by a big "thunk" because mangos fall from the trees onto the rooftops.
The veneers are prone to peeling and cracking, the cabinet door hinges tend to loosen and the doors bang noisily instead of shutting with a satisfying 'thunk'.
So after doing a CPS transform and then trampolining it by returning a lambda wrapped "thunk", my interpreter *should have* handled an infinite tail recursive call *without* a stack overflow exception.