Thundercrack

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Example

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

Etymology

From thunder + crack.

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