Thunking

That 'thunking' noise you are hearing is the sound of millions of Republicans falling to their knees, praying that NY Mayor Bloomberg enters the race as an independent. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

The Win32 API first introduced with Windows NT was adopted as the standard 32-bit programming interface, with Win16 compatibility being preserved through a technique known as "thunking". ❋ Unknown (2009)

(called "thunking" by programmers), it runs slower. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That was when the bullets began thunking into the steel wall around her. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

A short distance away, a large bellows worked slowly and methodically, emitting a dull thunking sound as it operated. ❋ Christie Golden (2011)

Since then, the GOP has been like a washing machine in spin cycle with an unbalanced load, clunking and thunking its way across the laundry room because one side of it has a big heavy wet blanket pulling it off center. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Djokovic saves both by getting on the front foot in the rallies, but at deuce Nadal unfurls a thunking forehand and then a gorgeous volley to bring up another chance to break. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The noise from games — that of a "hard plastic ball thunk-thunking repetitively on a hard wooden paddle" — is "akin to a toothache that won 't go away." ❋ Anne Tergesen (2010)

Well the most overkill i got was shooting a grub in my slingshot against the wall. looked like bird crap after it hit the wall. made a thunking noise ❋ Unknown (2009)

The scene-y waterfront restaurant aims to be a destination in its own right (with the thunking soundtrack to prove it). ❋ Forbes Life Staff (2010)

Her knees went soft, and she dropped to her knees, her backpack thunking onto the ground. ❋ Martina Budhos (2010)

The key turned easily and the lock slipped open with a thunking echo. ❋ Richard Doetsch (2010)

Then it was dark, Rigg was lying on his back, and there were half a dozen thunking sounds as the iron bars were bashed into the wall. ❋ Orson Scott Card (2010)