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thunker

thunker noun: a software mechanism that thunks.

Noun

thunker (plural thunkers)

  1. A software mechanism that thunks.
    • And 32-bit Windows applications require the bundled MetaWare Applications Development Kit (ADK), a 32-to-16 bit Windows thunker similar to but predating the Microsoft Win32s system.1995, Personal Computer Magazine, volume 14, numbers 7-8, page 222
    • There were no 32-bit scanner drivers or TWAIN modules, none were forthcoming from Microsoft […] Then along came the TWAIN_32 standard of the universal thunker.1996, Deke McClelland, Robert Phillips, Photoshop 3 for Windows 95 Bible, page 721

Forms of thunker

pluralthunkers

Origin of thunker

From thunk + -er.

Words that rhyme with thunker

Questions about thunker

What does thunker mean?
Thunker means a software mechanism that thunks.
What part of speech is thunker?
Thunker is a noun.
What is the plural of thunker?
The plural of thunker is thunkers.

Words near thunker in the dictionary

  1. thungrier
  2. thungriest
  3. thungry
  4. thunk
  5. thunked
  6. thunker
  7. thunkers
  8. thunking
  9. thunks
  10. thunnid
  11. thunnids

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