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thunderclapping

thunderclapping is the present participle and gerund of thunderclap.

Meaning of thunderclap

Verb

thunderclap (third-person singular simple present thunderclaps, present participle thunderclapping, simple past and past participle thunderclapped)

  1. (intransitive) 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

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Questions about thunderclapping

What is thunderclapping the present participle and gerund of?
Thunderclapping is the present participle and gerund of thunderclap.

Words near thunderclapping in the dictionary

  1. thunderbursts
  2. thunderclap
  3. thunderclap headache
  4. thunderclap headaches
  5. thunderclapped
  6. thunderclapping
  7. thunderclaps
  8. thundercloud
  9. thunderclouds
  10. thundercrack
  11. thundercracks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thunderclapping (page history and authors); thunderclap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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