thunderclap

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike

   A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.

   • Thunderclaps that make them quake.
   • Ile home, and ſtarue, this croſſe, this peeuiſh hap, / Strikes dead my ſpirits like a thunderclap.
   • When suddenly the thunderclap was heard.
2. 2

   A very loud fart.

3. 3

   Something that makes a big, dramatic impact.

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   1. 4

      Synonym of thunder word.

   2. 5

      To produce a loud burst of sound like a thunderclap.

      • It struck just before dark, a massive black geyser of oil and gas that thunderclapped from the well, soaring a hundred feet into the air and then even higher, […]
      • So many sensations — the feel of his strong fingers gripping her shoulders, his heart thunderclapping in his chest, his legs and hips aligned with hers, as if the two of them had been fashioned out of the same block of clay.

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