noun. An unexpected, often unpleasant sequel to a matter that had been considered closed.

noun. An unexpected subsequent event; something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

noun. An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

noun. An unexpected subsequent event or repercussion.

noun. Something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

noun. A problem or danger that arises after a threat is supposed to have passed.

"The sound woke him some mornings when the planes flew right over and sometimes he stood outside his quarters before nightfall and watched the matched contrails of half a dozen aircraft in tight formation, the planes themselves long gone, but it was the drag and sonic shock, this is what awed and moved him, and then the afterclap rolling off the mountains, like they were blowing out a seam in the world."