Wiktionary
n. (context computing English) The use of thunks (data mappings).
Usage examples of "thunking".
He could hear bullets thunking into the upper walls and beams, like the patter of rain but more irregular.
He sank to his knees, and then Roy was kicking him, with his steel-toed boots, his arms up in the air, his foot swinging, thunking into Bader, sinking into his side, his stomach, his back, and Bader, curled up on himself, dissolved and disappeared.
The sounds of the blades thunking into flesh and wood brought back unpleasant memories for Catrone, but there was a small ripple of applause as the Mardukan bowed and started throwing the chunks of meat, in another blur, onto a big iron dome.
With no warning and no change of expression he kicked out, the toe of his polished combat boot thunking into the helpless man's thigh.