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For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were so few alternatives available. Readers who loved Tolkien, and who were not satisfied by Terry Brooks, had nowhere else to turn.
Stephen R. Donaldson

Meaning of "thunderclap" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THUNDERCLAP

thunderclap  [ˈθʌndəˌklæp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THUNDERCLAP

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thunderclap is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THUNDERCLAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thunderclap

Thunderclap can refer to: ▪ Thunder ▪ Thunderclap, a fictional superhero created by Marvel UK, a division of Marvel Comics ▪ Thunderclap, a crowdspeaking platform ▪ Thunderclap Newman, a late 1960s rock band ▪ Thunder Clap, a dance move ▪ Thunderclap headache, an intense headache that can be a sign of a medical emergency ▪ Thunderclap, a town in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King ▪ "Thunderclap", a song by Bang Camaro from Bang Camaro II ▪ Thunderclap plan, a canceled German attack that was planned for August 1944...

Definition of thunderclap in the English dictionary

The definition of thunderclap in the dictionary is a loud outburst of thunder. Other definition of thunderclap is something as violent or unexpected as a clap of thunder.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THUNDERCLAP


afterclap
ˈɑːftəˌklæp
backslap
ˈbækˌslæp
burlap
ˈbɜːlæp
clap
klæp
cowflap
ˈkaʊˌflæp
dewlap
ˈdjuːˌlæp
dronklap
ˈdrɒŋkˌlæp
earflap
ˈɪəˌflæp
earlap
ˈɪəˌlæp
flap
flæp
handclap
ˈhændklæp
interlap
ˌɪntəˈlæp
lap
læp
Lapp
læp
overlap
ˌəʊvəˈlæp
shiplap
ˈʃɪpˌlæp
slap
slæp
slow-handclap
ˈsləʊˌhændklæp
underlap
ˈʌndəˌlæp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THUNDERCLAP

thunder
Thunder Bay
thunder sheet
thunderbird
thunderbolt
thunderbox
thundercloud
thunderflash
thunderhead
thundering
thunderingly
thunderless
thunderous
thunderously
thunderousness
thundershower
thunderstone
thunderstorm
thunderstricken
thunderstrike

WORDS THAT END LIKE THUNDERCLAP

alap
bitch-slap
blade slap
cat flap
drop in someone´s lap
jalap
klap
mud flap
piston slap
slow handclap
suiplap
tape slap
the clap
TRAM flap
vertical overlap
victory lap
wing flap

Synonyms and antonyms of thunderclap in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «thunderclap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THUNDERCLAP

Find out the translation of thunderclap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thunderclap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thunderclap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雷霆一击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trueno
570 millions of speakers

English

thunderclap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वज्रपात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رعد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trovoada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকস্মিক বজ্রপাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coup de tonnerre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thunderclap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Donnerschlag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雷鳴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천둥
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thunderclap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

việc bất ngờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடிமுழக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गडगडाटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gök gürlemesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rombo del tuono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grzmot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грім
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thunderclap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thunderclap
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

donderslag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thunderclap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tordenskrall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thunderclap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THUNDERCLAP»

The term «thunderclap» is regularly used and occupies the 89.761 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THUNDERCLAP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thunderclap

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QUOTES WITH «THUNDERCLAP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thunderclap.
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Stephen R. Donaldson
For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were so few alternatives available. Readers who loved Tolkien, and who were not satisfied by Terry Brooks, had nowhere else to turn.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUNDERCLAP»

Discover the use of thunderclap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thunderclap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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"A Serious Query": Operation THUNDERCLAP and the Allied ...
This thesis examines one of the largest and most destructive aerial operations of the Second World War.
Kevin Norris, 2007
2
Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders
Idiopathic thunderclap headache Very severe pain intensity Hyperacute onset of pain (<30 sec) Headache lasts 1 hour to 10 clays (may last up to 4 wk)* Headaches may recur over a 7-day period hut do not recur regularly over subsequent ...
Walter George Bradley, 2004
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Jefferson Headache Manual
Differential Diagnosis for Thunderclap Headache Abbreviation: SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage. thunderclap headache and should be evaluated as rapidly as possible. Patients seen in the first few hours should have a CT scan and, if the CT ...
William B. Young MD, FAHS, FAAN, Stephen D. Silberstein MD, FACP, Stephanie J. Nahas MD, 2010
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House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of ...
182 When Cabell read the plans for Thunderclap, a three-stage campaign against Berlin and cities east of it, he was appalled. "I have just read the great opus, 'Operation Thunderclap,' prepared in the Air Ministry," he wrote to Hughes. "To my ...
James Carroll, 2007
5
The Role of Thunder in Finnegans Wake
Part. II: What. the. Thunder. Said. 3 Introduction to Part II 37 4 The First Thunderclap: The First Technologies 41 5 The Second Thunderclap: The Prankquean: She (Stoops) to Conjure - Courtship by Piracy 56 6 The Third Thunderclap: HCE, ...
Eric McLuhan, 1997
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Advanced Therapy of Headache
What differential diagnosis should be formulated in patients who present with a thunderclap headache? • If a patient with thunderclap headache has a normal CT and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) examination, are additional studies necessary?
‎2005
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Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes: Expert Consult: Online
PRIMARY THUN DERCLAP HEADACHE ICD-9 CODE 339.43 "ICD-Io CODE 6 44.53 THE CLINICAL SYN DROM E Thunderclap headache is an uncommon type of headache that may be the result of an underlying vascular or nonvascular  ...
Steven D. Waldman, 2013
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Tough Calls in Acute Neurology
These findings would have left little doubt that the thunderclap headache in most of these cases was symptomatic of an underlying cause.20 Therefore, this study does not help determine whether an unruptured aneurysm can present with ...
Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, 2004
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Progress in Clinical Neurosciences
Table 5. Conditions that can present with thunderclap headache and a normal CT scan9 Dural sinus thrombosis Expansion or thrombosis of an unruptured intracranial aneurysm Pituitary apoplexy Dissection of the cerebral or cervical arteries ...
Deepu Banerji, Apoorva Pauranik, 2010
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Headache
Thunderclap headache. Lancet Neuro/ 2006;5:621—31. 47. Dodick DW. Thunderclap headache. Current Pain Headache Rep 2002;6:226—32. 48. Slivka A, Philbrook B. Clinical and angiographic features of thunderclap headache. Headache ...
Matthew Robbins, Brian M. Grosberg, Richard Lipton, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THUNDERCLAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thunderclap is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ben Needham 'thunderclap' highest trending social media event in …
The event - known as a "Thunderclap" - sent a message about the on-going search for Ben to nearly 1.5m people connected to those who had signed up on ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
2
Thunderclap Campaign for Romantic Comedy 'The New Thirty'
O.K. so I admit Thunderclap is relatively new to me, but it's not a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo. It is something else completely different, and it's ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
3
So this is what thunder looks like: the first images of a thunderclap
The Earth cops 4 million lightning strikes a day but understanding their energy and the impact of the accompanying thunder has challenged scientists and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
4
ONLINE: Basic Income Day marked with successful social media …
Basic Income advocates around the world celebrated Basic Income Day yesterday, May 1st. The day was marked by an online social media 'Thunderclap' to ... «Basic Income News, May 15»
5
Germanwings crash: On the ground in Le Vernet – 'It was a …
There were no people. Only parts of people. It was hard to look and it is hard to say it. There was no smoke, hardly even an explosion. It was a like a thunderclap ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
6
Mancunians urged to gather tonight in Albert Square to give David …
... not actually at the rally - is being asked to tweet their anti-cuts message in unison with the hash-tag #ManvCam, in their own version of a Twitter 'thunderclap.'. «Manchester Evening News, Feb 15»
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Birmingham Mail uses social media 'Thunderclap' to mark pub …
The Birmingham Mail is to invite its readers and followers to sign up today to a week-long experiment with the 'crowdspeaking' platform Thunderclap. «Online Journalism Blog, Nov 14»
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Phone-hacking victims plan “thunderclap' Twitter protest
Almost 2,000 people, including victims of phone hacking such as Gemma Dowler, the sister of Milly Dowler, are to take part in a simultaneous “thunderclap” ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»
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Droga5 Wins Top Prize for Thunderclap at 50th Andy Awards
Droga5 won the top prize, the Grandy Award, at the International Andy Awards on Thursday night for its work on Thunderclap, a "crowdspeaking" platform. «AdAge.com, Apr 14»
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KNEA uses 'thunderclap' to spread word on education bill
It was the result of a new kind of social media strategy known as a "thunderclap" that was organized by the Kansas National Education Association, the state's ... «Lawrence Journal World, Apr 14»

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