whunkn.v.

/hwʌnk/

Forms: Also whonk.

Etymology: Echoic.

rare.

A dull hollow sound, as of a bullet striking something. Also as v. intransitive, to strike with a ‘whunk’. Apparently only in the work of Hemingway.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > hollowness > hollow sound

chock1877

whunk1935

plip1941

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud

soss1789

thud1796

flump1816

whump1897

phut1901

bonk1929

whunk1935

clonk1963

1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. ii. iii. 53 We had both heard the whunk of the bullet.

1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. ii. iv. 76 I heard the whonk of the bullet.

1936 E. Hemingway in Cosmopolitan Sept. 168/1 He heard a whunk that meant that the bullet was home.

1936 E. Hemingway in Cosmopolitan Sept. 170/3 Hearing the bullets whunk into him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	whunk
释义	whunkn.v. /hwʌnk/ Forms: Also whonk. Etymology: Echoic. rare. A dull hollow sound, as of a bullet striking something. Also as v. intransitive, to strike with a ‘whunk’. Apparently only in the work of Hemingway. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > hollowness > hollow sound chock1877 whunk1935 plip1941 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud soss1789 thud1796 flump1816 whump1897 phut1901 bonk1929 whunk1935 clonk1963 1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. ii. iii. 53 We had both heard the whunk of the bullet. 1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. ii. iv. 76 I heard the whonk of the bullet. 1936 E. Hemingway in Cosmopolitan Sept. 168/1 He heard a whunk that meant that the bullet was home. 1936 E. Hemingway in Cosmopolitan Sept. 170/3 Hearing the bullets whunk into him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.v.1935
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