About The Word Thunder
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Thunder
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What's The Definition Of Thunder?
[n] a deep prolonged loud noise
[n] a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning [v] utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared." [v] to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle." [v] move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road" [v] be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" Synonyms | Synonyms for Thunder: boom | boom | roar | roar | roaring Related Terms | Find terms related to Thunder: See Also | howl | move | noise | shout | storm | thunderclap Thunder In Webster's Dictionary \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See {Thin}, and cf. {Astonish},
{Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their
thunders bend. --Shak.
3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
{Thunder pumper}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
{Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.]
{Thunder snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis, or Celuta,
am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United States; --
called also {worm snake}.
{Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}.
\Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thundering}.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See {Thunder}, n.] 1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl. 9. 2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. --Milton. 3. To utter violent denunciation. \Thun"der\, v. t. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation. Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. --Dryden. An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe. |
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