thunder

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/ˈθʌndə/

noun 5verb 5name 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

loud

During the storm, loud thunder made the children jump in fear.

dull

We heard dull thunder rolling across the sky during the afternoon storm.

distant

We heard distant thunder rolling across the sky during our afternoon picnic.

approaching

QUANT

clap, crash, peal, roll, rumble

THUNDER + VERB

boom, break, burst, crash, explode, roar

The storm broke suddenly last night as thunder crashed across the dark sky.

growl, grumble, roll, rumble

rattle sth, shake sth

The loud thunder rattled the dishes in the kitchen cabinet during the storm.

THUNDER + NOUN

clap (also thunderclap) | cloud (also thundercloud)

PHRASES

the sound of thunder, there's thunder in the air | thunder and lightning

Definitions

noun

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

Thunder is preceded by lightning.

With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific.

A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.

Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.

An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.

The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.

The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

The revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.

Synonym of thunder word.

Adam's fall and Vico's thunder are embodied in a word of a hundred letters, the first of ten thunders in the Wake.

verb

To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

It thundered continuously.

To make a noise like thunder.

The train thundered along the tracks.

The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!

To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).

Senseless years thunder by / Millions are willing to give their lives for you / Does nothing live on?

To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.

"Get back to work at once!", he thundered.

To produce something with incredible power.

Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.

name

The 13th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — street names for heroin

noun — a deep prolonged loud noise

verb — utter words loudly and forcefully

roar

verb — be the case that thunder is being heard

boom

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

steal someone's thunder

To appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.

There are several upstarts, who, without the genius to invent a style, have been copying yours, and trying to steal your thunder.

in thunder

An intensifier, chiefly used with questions.

At the time, however, I was only peevish, wondering what in thunder went on, for I had been in the place long enough to know that, next to the matron, the clock is the most sacred

Example Bank

Thunder is preceded by lightning.

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With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific.

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Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.

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It thundered continuously.

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The train thundered along the tracks.

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The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, thunder is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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