thunderclap
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dərˌklæp noun
1.
a crash of thunder.
2.
something resembling a thunderclap, as in loudness or unexpectedness.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a loud outburst of thunder |
| 2. | something as violent or unexpected as a clap of thunder |
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Thunderclap
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
To judge how close lightning is, count the seconds between the flash and the thunderclap.
Suddenly, there was a thunderclap and a flash summer storm.
They may slightly rattle dishes and disturb pictures, in much the same way as a thunderclap would.
In truth, it's a thunderclap of audacities, each shattering some conventional expectation.
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