Definitions for thunderclap

thunderclap thun·der·clap

Spelling: [thuhn-der-klap]
IPA: /ˈθʌn dərˌklæp/

Thunderclap is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 1294 anagrams from letters in thunderclap (acdehlnprtu).

Definitions for thunderclap

noun

  1. a crash of thunder.
  2. something resembling a thunderclap, as in loudness or unexpectedness.

Origin of thunderclap

First recorded in 1350-1400, thunderclap is from the Middle English word thonder clappe. See thunder, clap1

Examples for thunderclap

Captain Candage turned on his mate with the violence of a thunderclap.

You may easily guess what a thunderclap this must have been to the Court.

Their coming naturally had the effect of a thunderclap on the village.

The affray had burst over the slumbering town like a thunderclap.

Now his mother's letter had burst on him like a thunderclap.

Hallucinations do not come thus, like a thunderclap on unprepared minds.

But to my mother it was a flash of joy, followed by a thunderclap of consternation.

And then (thunderclap) one of wine's darkest nemeses appeared: the artichoke.

There was a thunderclap, and in a moment four of them were killed by lightning.

The thunderclap which seemed to come simultaneously, rocked the plane like a feather.

Word Value for thunderclap
Scrable

19

Words with friends

23

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