Thunder is a shock wave. Refer to the web link below.
A thunder "slap" does not exist. A thunder "clap" does. A thunder clap is the term given to the sound thunder is and makes.
The collective noun for thunder that starts with the letter "c" is "clap." In meteorology, a clap of thunder refers to the sound produced by the rapid expansion of air surrounding a lightning bolt. Thunder is created when lightning heats the air, causing it to rapidly expand and create a shock wave that we hear as thunder.
Thunder claps.
A peal of thunder
the clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog
Thunder.
Like thunder and lightening -clap clap clap- We'll strike you down Cause the mighty mighty_____________s -clap clap clap- Have come to town!!
down by the softball cemetery, that's where the other teams gonna get buried. 6 feet down and 12 feet under when we hit the ball it sounds like thunder! thunder thunder thunderation we're the best team in the nation! Like thunder and lightening Clap clap clap We'll strike you down Cause the mighty mighty _______s Clap Clap Clap Have come to town!
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Yes, "thunderclap" is a compound word. It is made up of the words "thunder" and "clap" combined to create a single word.
The Choctaw terms for "thunder" are hilohah or tasah. A sharp clap of thunder is hilahah tusa.
It depends on which word's connotation best fits the speaker's tone of story that the phrase is in. Use either, but be aware that they are both trite expressions. Think of a surprising [like thunder] way of saying it. How about a shock of thunder, or a grab of thunder? Or punch, fit, stun, ...And you should consider what the phrase is actually describing - some thunder is very much like a low rumbling roar while other thunder is like a the abrupt boom of a cannon going off just overhead. ___ A clap of thunder is one single bang, a roar is longer. A grab of thunder is, with respect, a no-no. It is neither trite nor creative ... However, roar of thunderalways calls to mind the comically trite German nationalist song 'The Watch on the Rhine' which begins (in English translation): A mighty [or mighteous] roar ascends like thunder! It is pure kitsch.