as in clap
a loud explosive sound
awakened by the thunderclap of a large branch falling on the roof
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Would Holmes' thunderclap insights resonate without that sturdy Watsonian sounding board?
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Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Counting seconds between a lightning flash and thunderclap is how anyone can tell how far away a thunderstorm is.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2024
The magazine’s extremely profitable swimsuit issue arrived like a cultural thunderclap year after year.
—Kevin Draper, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
These dark clouds and thunderclaps — even interspersed with the occasional roar of an Israeli fighter jet — would usually be a celebratory moment for this family of farmers, an essential lifesource for their olive groves in this otherwise desiccated uplands.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
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Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Counting seconds between a lightning flash and thunderclap is how anyone can tell how far away a thunderstorm is.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2024
The magazine’s extremely profitable swimsuit issue arrived like a cultural thunderclap year after year.
—Kevin Draper, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
These dark clouds and thunderclaps — even interspersed with the occasional roar of an Israeli fighter jet — would usually be a celebratory moment for this family of farmers, an essential lifesource for their olive groves in this otherwise desiccated uplands.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
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