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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

  1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
  3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

clap — full definition

  1. verb To strike the palms of the hands together to make a sharp sound, especially to applaud.
  2. noun The act of clapping, or the sharp sound it makes.
  3. noun A sudden, loud noise, especially of thunder.

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