English-French translations for thunderclap

• coup de tonnerre
  Ce qui vient de se produire n’est pas un coup de tonnerre français ou néerlandais dans un ciel européen serein. What has just happened is not a French or Dutch thunderclap in a clear European sky.

Definition of thunderclap

• A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble
• To produce a loud burst of sound like a thunderclap

Examples

• Thunderclaps that make them quake. — Spenser
• When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. — Dryden

Related words

• thunder
• thunderstruck
• thunderbolt
• thunderstorm
• thunderstone
• thunders
• thundering
• thundercloud
• thundersnow