thunk
verb/θʌŋk/
Frequency rank: #18,750 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a sudden realization or thought; also a technical term for a delayed computation wrapped in a function.
Example sentence
The programmer wrapped the delayed computation in a small thunk so it would only run when needed.
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