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TOPIK 4adverb

우르릉

ureureung

우르릉 + 울리다 / 소리가 나다; 우르릉 쾅쾅

rumbling (thunder)

Example

먹구름이 끼더니 천둥이 우르릉 울렸어요.

Dark clouds gathered, and then thunder rumbled.

Word parts

의성어 (sound word) for a deep, rolling rumble, like thunder or a heavy machine.

Good to know

Thunder in Korean picture books goes 우르릉 쾅쾅: the rumble, then the crack.