Knall — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
- clap verb To strike the palms of the hands together to make a sharp sound, especially to applaud.
- crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
- snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
- thwack verb To hit someone or something hard, especially with something flat like a stick or bat.
Senses
Knall is used for these senses in English:
- bang A sudden percussive noise.
- bang An explosion.
- clap Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
- crack (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- snap A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- snap (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- thwack A dull or heavy slapping sound.
bang — full definition
- noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
- verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
- noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).
clap — full definition
- verb To strike the palms of the hands together to make a sharp sound, especially to applaud.
- noun The act of clapping, or the sharp sound it makes.
- noun A sudden, loud noise, especially of thunder.