1. thunder(n = noun.event) boom, roar, roaring - a deep prolonged loud noise;
is a kind of noise
Derived forms verb thunder2, verb thunder4, verb thunder1, adjective thunderous1
2. thunder(n = noun.event) - a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning;
is a kind of noise
has particulars: thunderclap
Derived forms verb thunder3, adjective thundery2
3. thunder(n = noun.artifact) big h, hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, smack - street names for heroin;
is a kind of diacetylmorphine, heroin
1. thunder(v = verb.motion) - move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
is one way to move
Derived form noun thunder1
Sample sentences:
Cars thunder in the streets ; The streets thunder with cars
2. thunder(v = verb.communication) roar - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
is one way to shout
Derived form noun thunder1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. thunder(v = verb.weather) boom - be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
Derived form noun thunder2
Sample sentences:
It was thundering all day long
4. thunder(v = verb.communication) - to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
is one way to howl, roar
Derived forms noun thunder1, noun thunderer2
Sample sentences:
The cars thunder down the avenue
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. [1913 Webster]
2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [1913 Webster]
"The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend." [1913 Webster]
3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. [1913 Webster]
4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation. [1913 Webster]
"The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes." [1913 Webster]
1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. [1913 Webster]
"Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?" [1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. [1913 Webster]
"His dreadful voice no more
Would thunder in my ears." [1913 Webster]
3. To utter violent denunciation. [1913 Webster]
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation. [1913 Webster]
"Oracles severe
Were daily thundered in our general's ear." [1913 Webster]
"An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure." [1913 Webster]
thunder, n. & v.
--n.
1 a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.
2 a resounding loud deep noise (thunders of applause).
3 strong censure or denunciation.
--v.
1 intr. (prec. by it as subject) thunder sounds (it is thundering; if it thunders).
2 intr. make or proceed with a noise suggestive of thunder (the applause thundered in my ears; the traffic thundered past).
3 tr. utter or communicate (approval, disapproval, etc.) loudly or impressively.
4 intr. (foll. by against etc.) a make violent threats etc. against. b criticize violently.
Idiom:
steal a person's thunder spoil the effect of another's idea, action, etc. by expressing or doing it first. thunder-box colloq. a primitive lavatory.
Derivative:
thunderer n. thunderless adj. thundery adj.
Etymology:
OE thunor f. Gmc
VB be violent, run high, ferment, effervesce, romp, rampage, go on a rampage, run wild, run amuck, run riot, break the peace, rush, tear, rush headlong, rush foremost, raise a storm, make a riot, rough house, riot, storm, wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod, spread like wildfire (person), explode, make a row, kick up a row, boil, boil over, fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, fly into a rage (anger), break out, fly out, burst out, bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst, shock, strain, break open, force open, prize open, render violent, sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on, irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment, accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino, explode, let fly, fly off, discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.
VB threat, threaten, menace, snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully, defy, intimidate, keep in terrorem, hold up in terrorem, hold out in terrorem, shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at, thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers.
N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.
VB be loud, peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar, resound, speak up, shout, bellow, rend the air, rend the skies, fill the air, din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear, pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head, deafen, stun, faire le diable a quatre, make one's windows shake, rattle the windows, awaken the echoes, startle the echoes, wake the dead.
blood and thunder, like thunder, thunder bay, thunder lizard, thunder mug, thunder snake