| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An earsplitting, explosive noise: blast, boom, roar, thunder. See SOUNDS. 2. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: blow2, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal : bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : belt, conk, paste. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 3. A sudden sharp, explosive noise: bark, clap, crack, explosion, pop1, rat-a-tat-tat, report, snap. See SOUNDS. 4. A forceful movement causing a loud noise: crash, slam, smash, wham. See STRIKE. 5. Slang. A strong, pleasant feeling of excitement or stimulation: lift, thrill. Informal : wallop. Slang : boot1, high, kick. See EXCITE. | | VERB: | 1. To strike, set down, or close in such a way as to make a loud noise: clap, crash, slam, whack. See SOUNDS. 2. To make an earsplitting explosive noise: blast, boom, roar, thunder. See SOUNDS. 3. To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise: bark, clap, crack, pop1, snap. See SOUNDS. | | ADVERB: | With precision or absolute conformity: dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang : smack-dab. See PRECISE.
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