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Thunderclap
Definitions
- 1 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."
- 2 a shocking surprise wordnet
- 3 A very loud fart. informal
- 4 a single sharp crash of thunder wordnet
- 5 Something that makes a big, dramatic impact. figuratively
"A 21-Valyrian steel dagger salute to Paddy Considine, who makes his exit from House Of The Dragon this week with a thunderclap of a performance. “The Lord of the Tides” is the swan song for his King Viserys I Targaryen, a well-intentioned but indecisive man who waited until the very last day of his life to flex his royal might."
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- 6 Synonym of thunder word.
"[…] the thunderclaps, and advised Cage on their meaning. Cage considered composing new star-map music, in which microphones attached to the throats of the chorus members would make their singing of Joyce's verbal thunderclaps sound like […]"
- 1 To produce a loud burst of sound like a thunderclap. intransitive
"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, […]"
Etymology
From thunder + clap.
From thunder + clap.
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