the crack of doom
1the crack of doom — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Macbeth …
2Crack of doom — The Crack of Doom is an old term used for the Christian Day of Judgement, referring in particular to the blast of trumpets signalling the end of the world in Chapter 8 of the Book of the Apocalypse. A crack had the sense of any loud noise,… …
3crack of doom — ► crack of doom a thunder peal announcing the Day of Judgement. Main Entry: ↑crack …
4crack of doom — n. [phr. in Macbeth, IV, i] the signal for the beginning of Judgment Day …
5crack of doom — noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives • Syn: ↑Judgment Day, ↑Judgement Day, ↑Day of Judgment, ↑Day of… …
6crack of doom — a thunder peal announcing the Day of Judgement. → crack …
7crack of doom — 1. the signal that announces the Day of Judgment. 2. the end of the world; doomsday. * * * …
8Crack — Crack, n. 1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass. [1913 Webster] 2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. [1913… …
9The Return of the King — is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings , following The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers .TitleTolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a single volume comprising six books plus extensive appendices …
10Doom paintings — Some detail from a medieval doom wall painting, St Andrew s Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, 15th century …
