sonic boom
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Air, Textures, sounds, Physicssonic boomˌsonic ˈboom noun [countable] TTAthe loud sound like an explosion that an aircraft makes when it starts to travel faster than the speed of soundExamples from the Corpussonic boom• A loud sonic boom was heard by observers on shore.• Who could foresee the sonic boom when the needle finally hit the groove on my cheap record changer?