Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Snap (Sudden and violent sounds)

Nouns
  • snap etc. v.
  • rapping etc. v.
  • decrepitation, crepitation
  • report, thud
  • burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley. squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, MNormality, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun. implosion. bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms) Arms. [explosive substances] gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms) Arms. whack, wham, pow.
Verbs
  • rap, snap, tap, knock, ping
  • click
  • clash
  • crack, crackle
  • crash
  • pop
  • slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham
  • brustle
  • burst on the ear
  • crepitate, rump. blow up, blow
  • detonate.
Adjectives
  • rapping etc. v..
Int
  • kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!