afterclap

[af-ter-klap, ahf-]

noun

1. an unexpected repercussion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of afterclap¹

1300–50; Middle English; compare Low German achterklap; after, clap ¹

Example Sentences

Suddenly the hideous consequences of it all, the afterclap, sounded in their ears.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

The shock of her fall had begun to awaken the nervous terror which is the afterclap of such an adventure.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Return to Table of Contents The War of 1812 has been called by an able historian "the afterclap of the Revolution."

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Then, like an afterclap of thunder: Father always does the square thing!

Read more on Project Gutenberg

N. disappointment; blighted hope, balk; blow; anticlimax; slip 'twixt cup and lip; nonfulfillment of one's hopes; sad disappointment, bitter disappointment; trick of fortune; afterclap; false expectation, vain expectation; miscalculation &c.

Read more on Project Gutenberg