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thunk

/θʌŋk/

thunknoun

thunks

/θʌŋk/

Translations

tocBruitage sourd et lourd, surtout pour un objet qui heurte une surface.

The book fell off the shelf with a loud thunk.

Le livre est tombé de l’étagère avec un fort toc.

thunkInformatique : terme emprunté pour une fonction ou une valeur qui retarde l’évaluation.

The middleware expects each action creator to return either an object or a thunk.

Le middleware s’attend à ce que chaque créateur d’action renvoie soit un objet, soit un thunk.

Definitions

A dull, hollow sound, often associated with something heavy hitting a surface.

The book fell off the shelf with a loud thunk.

Computing: a piece of code or a parameterless function that delays a computation until its result is needed.

The middleware expects each action creator to return either an object or a thunk.

Synonyms

thunkverb

thunked

Past Simple

thunked

Past Participle

thunking

ing-form

/θʌŋk/

Translations

frapperCoup donné ou choc produit avec un bruit sourd.

He thunked the ball against the wall with a powerful throw.

Il a frappé la balle contre le mur d’un puissant lancer.

Additional translations

thunkerInformatique : emprunt technique pour encapsuler un appel afin d’en différer l’exécution.

résonnerBruit sourd ; emploi intransitif.

Definitions

To make a dull, hollow sound.

The book fell off the shelf and thunked onto the floor.

To strike or hit something with a dull sound.

He thunked the ball against the wall with a powerful throw.

Computing: to wrap code or a parameter in a thunk so that its execution is deferred.

The compiler thunks the call so the argument is evaluated lazily.

Synonyms

think (colloquial equivalent: reckon, suppose, figure, believe)

thunkinterjection

Onomatopoeic representation of a dull, heavy impact.

Translations

tocOnomatopée exprimant un bruit sourd et lourd.

"Thunk!" went the coconut as it struck the ground.

« Toc ! » fit la noix de coco en heurtant le sol.

Definitions

Used to represent a dull, heavy sound, especially one made by a solid object hitting another.

"Thunk!" went the coconut as it struck the ground.

Synonyms