thunderclap

sostantivo

1. 1

   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.

   Ile home, and ſtarue, this croſſe, this peeuiſh hap, / Strikes dead my ſpirits like a thunderclap.

   When suddenly the thunderclap was heard.

2. 2

   informaleA very loud fart.

3. 3

   figuratoSomething 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 life to flex his royal might.

4. 4

   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 […]

verbo

1. 1

   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, […]

   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.

Forme

plurale

thunderclaps

passato

thunderclapped

participio passato

thunderclapped

participio presente

thunderclapping

3ª persona singolare

thunderclaps