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thunk

UK
/θʌŋk/
US
/θʌŋk/

Translations

thunknoun
thunks
pl
UK
/θʌŋk/
US
/θʌŋk/
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.
Synonyms
bang
thud
collision
impact
clunk
thunkverb
thunked
Past Simple
thunked
Past Participle
thunking
Gerund
UK
/θʌŋk/
US
/θʌŋk/
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.
Synonyms
knock
bang
thump
clunk
thud
think (colloquial equivalent: reckon, suppose, figure, believe)
postpone
suspend
memoize
encapsulate
wrap
delay
defer
strike
hit
smack
pound
jar
thunkinterjection
Onomatopoeic representation of a dull, heavy impact.
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.
Synonyms
thud
thump
clunk
thock
whump
bam
whack
smack

Definitions

thunknoun
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.
thunkverb
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.
thunkinterjection
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.
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