shunk

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/ʃʌŋk/

verb

To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade hitting wood.

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Meanings

shunk1

verbshunk (third-person singular simple present shunks, present participle shunking, simple past and past participle shunked)

present singular third person shunks · participle present shunking · participle past shunked · past shunked

  1. To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade hitting wood.

    […] the bitt [of the axe] shunked into the jamb and stuck. Dog brought up his short sword […]

    2019 January 21, Robert Low, Beasts Beyond The Wall, Canelo, →ISBN
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    ... shunked into the snow next to the fighting trio. Rez did the same shortly after, although he was less concerned about hitting Bergmin or Tilvia than Silver was. Keskin didn't have the luxury of missing. He wanted to grab his sword, but[…]

    2020 June 1, Bryan A. Collins, Sewn Together: (A Tale From Tiltwater 1), Bryan A. Collins, →ISBN

    […] and Guillaume and Aimer fought a press of furious Saracens. It was a tense moment as the key stuck in the lock, and more than one arrow shunked against the heavy oak doors inches from Elye's head.

    2023 May 24, J. Aaron Gruben, Elye of Saint Gilles: A Chansons de Geste Retold, Post Tenebras Lux Books

Shunk2

proper nounShunk (plural Shunks)

plural Shunks

  1. A surname.

Origin

Imitative. Compare shink, thunk, shlick.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

shunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shunk

MLA

“shunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shunk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shunk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shunk.

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