n.
Function: noun
1
Synonyms: BANG 2, blast, boom, burst, clap, crash, slam, smash, wham
Related Words: splintering, splitting; percussion
2
Synonyms: JOKE 1, drollery, gag, jape, jest, quip, sally, wisecrack, witticism, ||yak
Related Words: dig, fling, potshot
Idioms: flash of wit
3 a usually narrow opening, break, or discontinuity made by splitting and rupture FF1C; a crack in the ice FF1E;
Synonyms: chink, cleft, fissure, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split
Related Words: rent; discontinuity, interstice, interval; cranny, niche; crevasse, crevice
4
Synonyms: INSTANT 1, breathing, flash, ||jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, split second
Idioms: flash of lightning
5
Synonyms: BLOW 1, bang, bash, bastinado, belt, slam, smack, ||welt, whack, whop
6
Synonyms: FLING 1, go, pop, shot, slap, stab, ||stagger, try, whack, whirl