thunderclap
/ˈθʌndɚˌklæp/
thunderclap noun: a sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.
Noun
thunderclap (plural 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Ile home, and ſtarue, this croſſe, this peeuiſh hap, / Strikes dead my ſpirits like a thunderclap.1600 (date written), [John Marston], Iacke Drums Entertainment: Or The Comedie of Pasquill and Katherine. […], London: […] [Thomas Creede] for Richard Oliue [i.e., Oliff], […], published 1601, →OCLC...
- A very loud fart.
- 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...2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club
- Synonyms:
- thunderbolt
- 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 […]2012, Kenneth Silverman, Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage, page 292
- Synonyms:
- thunder word
Verb
thunderclap (third-person singular simple present thunderclaps, present participle thunderclapping, simple past and past participle 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, […]2000, Arelo C. Sederberg, Zora, page 309
- 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.2003, Kathryn Shay, Against the Odds, page 118
thunderclap meaning in Hindi
thunderclap in Hindi
- sudden thunder
- वज्रपात vajrapāt
Examples of thunderclap in a sentence
- When suddenly the thunderclap was heard.1685, John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis:
- 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.2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club:
Synonyms of thunderclap
Forms of thunderclap
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thunderclaps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | thunderclaps |
| present participle | thunderclapping |
| past participle | thunderclapped |
| past | thunderclapped |
Origin of thunderclap
From thunder + clap.
Words formed from thunderclap
Phrases with thunderclap
Questions about thunderclap
- What does thunderclap mean?
- Thunderclap means a sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.
- What is thunderclap in Hindi?
- Thunderclap in Hindi is वज्रपात (vajrapāt). See Thunderclap meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use thunderclap in a sentence?
- When suddenly the thunderclap was heard.
- What part of speech is thunderclap?
- Thunderclap can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce thunderclap?
- Thunderclap is pronounced /ˈθʌndɚˌklæp/ (US).
- What is the plural of thunderclap?
- The plural of thunderclap is thunderclaps.
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