thunder clap
Storm's sudden report
A thunderclap is a single crash of thunder—the sudden, explosive sound that follows lightning.
The word emphasizes the abruptness and intensity of the noise rather than rumbling that follows.
Figuratively, something that arrives like a thunderclap comes as a sudden shock: The news hit like a thunderclap.
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- bolt from the blueSudden unforeseen event
- cumulonimbusTowering storm-producing cloud
- storm cloudsRain-bearing atmospheric formations
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
cloudburst · storm god · sonic boom · loud bang · Thor · squall · tempest · acoustic energy · Indra · weather folklore · shock wave · peal · rumble · reverberating · crack · elemental forces · out of nowhere · clear blue sky
- natural soundsrain, wind, birdsong, waves, waterfall
- Thunderstormslightning, lightning strike, thunderclap, lightning flash, rumble
- sound effectssound effects, sound effect, ringtone, boing, crash
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- attention soundsahem, hey, pssst, psst, yo
- Lightninglightning, lightning bolt, lightning strike, bolt, flash
thunder claplightning flash
Momentary electrical sky discharge
lightning bolt · lightning strike · sheet lightning · heat lightning
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