"thunderclap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thunderclaps [plural]
Etymology: From thunder + clap. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thunder|clap}} thunder + clap Head templates: {{en-noun}} thunderclap (plural thunderclaps)
  1. A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble. Categories (topical): Weather Translations (sudden thunder): 霹靂 (Chinese Mandarin), 霹雳 (pīlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 迅雷 (xùnléi) (Chinese Mandarin), ukkosenjyrähdys (Finnish), coup de tonnerre [masculine] (French), trebón [masculine] (Galician), bruio [masculine] (Galician), trouso [masculine] (Galician), troo [masculine] (Galician), tronido [masculine] (Galician), Donnerschlag [masculine] (German), 迅雷 (jinrai) (Japanese), irurumĩ [class-5] (Kikuyu), грмотевица (grmotevica) [feminine] (Macedonian), татнеж (tatnež) [masculine] (Macedonian), tētere (Maori), coup d'ôrage [masculine] (Norman), tronada [feminine] (Occitan), tunet (Romanian), уда́р грома (udár groma) (Russian), taran [feminine] (Welsh), twrf [masculine] (Welsh), trwst [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-thunderclap-en-noun-vZ91XkqS Disambiguation of Weather: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'sudden thunder': 73 1 26
  2. (figurative) Something that makes a big, dramatic impact. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-thunderclap-en-noun-PyCecpU-
  3. (literature) Synonym of thunder word Categories (topical): Literature Synonyms: thunder word [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-thunderclap-en-noun-2OVVXcdH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kikuyu translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 2 76 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 70 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 3 74 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 2 79 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 8 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 7 64 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 8 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 7 66 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 5 71 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Kikuyu translations: 18 8 65 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 8 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 5 51 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 8 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 19 8 62 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 18 7 66 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 8 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 5 71 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 17 7 65 11 Topics: literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thunderclap headache Related terms: thunderbolt, thunderous

Verb

Forms: thunderclaps [present, singular, third-person], thunderclapping [participle, present], thunderclapped [participle, past], thunderclapped [past]
Etymology: From thunder + clap. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thunder|clap}} thunder + clap Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sound Related terms: rounce robble hobble, rumble
    Sense id: en-thunderclap-en-verb-WMHRWU~2 Disambiguation of Sound: 36 0 0 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[…] 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 […]",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "word": "霹靂"
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "word": "霹雳"
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      "roman": "xùnléi",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "word": "ukkosenjyrähdys"
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "word": "грмотевица"
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      "roman": "tatnež",
      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "word": "татнеж"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "word": "tētere"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "word": "tronada"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "word": "tunet"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udár groma",
      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "word": "уда́р грома"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sudden thunder",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "taran"
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "sudden thunder",
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      "word": "trwst"
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  "word": "thunderclap"
}

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          "ref": "2000, Arelo C. Sederberg, Zora, page 309:",
          "text": "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, […]",
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          "ref": "2003, Kathryn Shay, Against the Odds, page 118:",
          "text": "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.",
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