afterclap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of afterclap
1300–50; Middle English; compare Low German achterklap; after, clap 1
Example Sentences
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Suddenly the hideous consequences of it all, the afterclap, sounded in their ears.
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The shock of her fall had begun to awaken the nervous terror which is the afterclap of such an adventure.
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Return to Table of Contents The War of 1812 has been called by an able historian "the afterclap of the Revolution."
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Then, like an afterclap of thunder: Father always does the square thing!
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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.
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