It was a short, harsh sound like the vicious crack of a whip.

A little while later, however, a bullet shot past my ear with a vicious crack and banged into the parados behind.

The head of the young tree burst with a vicious crack.

I know, you take vicious cracks at him each time, but it's too much.

The vicious crack of the shot boomed across the empty range.

While he was still laughing, there was a shot from the ridge toward which they were running; the sharp, vicious crack of a rifle.

There was a distinct smell of ozone in the air, and a long vicious crack of thunder.

Pamela winced, waiting for a vicious crack in return but none came.

A chair went over with a vicious crack.

No beam showed, but sand exploded to Louis's left, with a vicious crack!