Usually means: Sudden, loud noise from lightning.
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  1. thunderclap: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thunderclap: Merriam-Webster
  3. thunderclap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thunderclap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thunderclap: Collins English Dictionary
  6. thunderclap: Vocabulary.com
  7. Thunderclap, thunderclap: Wordnik
  8. thunderclap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. thunderclap: Wiktionary
  10. thunderclap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. thunderclap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. thunderclap: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. thunderclap: Dictionary.com
  14. thunderclap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Thunderclap (comics), Thunderclap (website), Thunderclap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Thunderclap: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. thunderclap: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. thunderclap: Rhymezone
  19. Thunderclap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. thunderclap: FreeDictionary.org
  21. thunderclap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. thunderclap: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. thunderclap: Legal dictionary

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  1. thunderclap: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. thunderclap: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.
noun:  (figurative) Something that makes a big, dramatic impact.
noun:  (literature) Synonym of thunder word
verb:  (intransitive) To produce a loud burst of sound like a thunderclap.

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