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thunder (verb)

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  • thunder — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ The thunder was getting louder and louder. ▪ rolling, rumbling ▪ distant ▪ the rumble …   Collocations dictionary

  • thunder — ► NOUN 1) a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air. 2) a resounding loud deep noise. ► VERB 1) (it thunders, it is thundering, etc.) thunder sounds. 2) move heavily and forcefully …   English terms dictionary

  • thunder — [[t]θʌ̱ndə(r)[/t]] thunders, thundering, thundered 1) N UNCOUNT Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of lightning, especially during a storm. There was frequent thunder and lightning, and torrential rain. ...a… …   English dictionary

  • thunder — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thoner, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old High German thonar thunder, Latin tonare to thunder Date: before 12th century 1. the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • thunder — /ˈθʌndə / (say thunduh) noun 1. the loud noise which accompanies a flash of lightning, due to violent disturbance of the air by a discharge of electricity. 2. Chiefly Poetic the destructive agent in a thunderstorm. 3. any loud, resounding noise:… …  

  • thunder — I UK [ˈθʌndə(r)] / US [ˈθʌndər] noun * 1) [uncountable] the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm a roll of thunder (= a series of noises) a clap of thunder (= a single very loud noise) 2) [singular] a loud noise similar to …   English dictionary

  • thunder — thun|der1 [ θʌndər ] noun uncount * the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm: a clap of thunder (=a single very loud noise) a roll of thunder (=a series of noises) a. a loud noise similar to THUNDER: the thunder of hooves… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • thunder — 1 noun 1 (U) the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning: clap of thunder (=one sudden noise of thunder) 2 (singular) a loud, deep noise like thunder: the thunder of gunfire 3 a face like thunder looking very… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • thunder — 1. noun 1) thunder and lightning Syn: thunderclap, peal of thunder, roll of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder; literary thunderbolt 2) the ceaseless thunder of the traffic Syn: rumble, rumbling, boom, boomi …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • thunder — [OE] Etymologically, thunder is nothing more than ‘noise’. In common with German donner, Dutch donder, and Danish torden, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *thonara . This was descended from the Indo European base *ton , *tn ‘resound’, which …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • thunder — [OE] Etymologically, thunder is nothing more than ‘noise’. In common with German donner, Dutch donder, and Danish torden, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *thonara . This was descended from the Indo European base *ton , *tn ‘resound’, which …   Word origins

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