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thunderclap
[ thuhn-der-klap ]
noun
- a crash of thunder.
- something resembling a thunderclap, as in loudness or unexpectedness.
thunderclap
/ ˈθʌndəˌklæp /
noun
- a loud outburst of thunder
- something as violent or unexpected as a clap of thunder
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thunderclap1
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Example Sentences
This lurid embrace of art and life was not an isolated thunderclap.
These changes, however, cannot be accomplished with a moral thunderclap.
And then (thunderclap) one of wine's darkest nemeses appeared: the artichoke.
The sudden thunderclap gives warning that beyond the calm horizon the storm is gathering.
Do these gentlemen really feel the thunderclap or the enchantment of an object of art?
We imagined we had educated it out of them; they thought so, too; the Interdict woke them up like a thunderclap!
A sudden thunderclap startled them now into consciousness of the scene about them.
Then, a few days ago, there came a thunderclap; and teachers and girls were alike amazed to find that you were no longer a member.
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