What is a thunk?

Thunk

A thunk is a function that has everything already that it needs to do to give you some value back. You do not need to pass any arguments in, you simply call it and it will give you a value back.

1function add(x, y) {
2  return x + y;
3}
4
5var thunk = function () {
6  return add(10, 15); // 25
7};
8
9thunk();