Usually means: Deferred computations encapsulated in functions.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (thunk)

verb:  To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.
noun:  (computing, functional programming) A delayed computation.
noun:  (computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.
noun:  (computing) A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.
verb:  (computing, functional programming, transitive) To delay (a computation).
verb:  (computing, transitive) To execute (code) by means of a thunk.
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