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thundercrack

noun

Etymology

From thunder + crack.

  1. derived from *gerh₂-✻
  2. inherited from *krakōn✻ — “to crack, crackle, shriek”
  3. inherited from cracian
  4. inherited from crakken
  5. compounded as thundercrack — “thunder + crack”

Definitions

  1. A peal of thunder

    A peal of thunder; thunderclap.

    • His monologue stopped abruptly with a sharp noise like a thundercrack that rolled in dreary echoes round the dismal mere.

The neighborhood

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