Rear Roget’s Thesaurus §235 N. rear, back,
posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, # background, hinterland,
occiput,
nape,
chine, heels, tail,
rump,
croup,
buttock, posteriors, backside scut,
breech,
dorsum,
loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters,
aitchbone,
natch, natch bone, stern,
poop, afterpart,
heelpiece,
crupper,
wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield
V. be behind, fall astern, bend backwards, bring up the rear
Adj. back, rear, hind, hinder,
hindmost,
hindermost,
postern, posterior, dorsal, after,
caudal,
lumbar,
mizzen,
tergal Adv. behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after,
aft,
abaft,
astern,
sternmost,
aback,
rearward Phr. ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin
Snap Roget’s Thesaurus §406 N. snap, rapping #,
decrepitation,
crepitation, report,
thud,
burst,
explosion, blast,
boom, discharge,
detonation, firing,
salvo,
volley,
squib,
cracker,
firecracker, cherry bomb, m80, gun, cap, cap gun,
popgun,
implosion, bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms) 727,
gunpowder,
dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine,
nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, tnt, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms) 727,
whack, wham, pow
V. 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 Int. kaboom, whamo, heewhack, pow