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Word: thunked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thunk." Denis Martin's cruise missile from the point, which leaves a considerable dent in the back of the net. 5-2, Friars, five minutes left in the second period, and what's Carter saying on the radio...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Dumped, 6-3 | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...girl, 4 ft. 11 in. tall, a mere 86 Ibs.; dark circles above her cheeks; a Kean-eyed elf. Then, with no more strain than it would take to raise a hand to a friend, she is airborne: a backflip, landing on the sliver of a bar with a thunk so solid it reverberates; up, backward again, a second blind flip, and a landing. No 747 ever set itself down on a two-mile runway with more assurance or aplomb. She leaps, twists, spins, and the 18,000 people in Montreal's Forum realize that they are witnessing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OLYMPICS: The Games: Up in the Air | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...offensive and tasteless, but this year's borders on the sentimental, and I'm not sure which is worse. In trading in their X-rating for a GF, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals may be becoming more of the threat than we've realized. I mean, who indeed would've thunk it, this kind of thing might end up giving propples a good name...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Wrongway Inn | 3/4/1972 | See Source »

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