thunderclap
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thunderclap
- /ˈθʌndɚˌklæp/ US
Where it comes from
From thunder + clap.
noun thunderclaps
- 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.
- A very loud fart.
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Something that makes a big, dramatic impact.
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
Similar: thunderbolt
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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 […]
Similar: thunder word
verb thunderclaps · thunderclapping · thunderclapped
- 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, […]
Translations
Every language
noun sudden thunder
| 日本語 | 迅雷 jinrai |
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| 中文 | 霹靂 /霹雳 pīlì, 迅雷 xùnléi |
| हिन्दी | वज्रपात vajrapāt |
| Français | coup de tonnerre |
| Deutsch | Donnerschlag |
| Română | tunet |
| Русский | уда́р грома udár groma |
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title = {thunderclap},
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