Thunder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning.
  • n. A sound that resembles or suggests thunder.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce thunder.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce sounds like thunder.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter loud, vociferous remarks or threats.
  • v. To express violently, commandingly, or angrily; roar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
  • n. A sound resembling thunder.
  • n. A deep, rumbling noise.
  • v. To make a noise like thunder.
  • v. To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
  • v. To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
  • v. To produce something with incredible power
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
  • n. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
  • n. Any loud noise.
  • n. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally.
  • verb-intransitive. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter violent denunciation.
  • v. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The loud noise which follows a flash of lightning, due to the sudden disturbance of the air by a violent discharge of electricity through it.
  • n. The destructive agent in a thunder-storm; a discharge of lightning; a thunderbolt.
  • n. Any loud resounding noise: as, thunders of applause.
  • n. An awful or startling denunciation or threat.
  • n. As an exclamation, an abbreviation of by thunder, a mild oath. Compare thunderation.
  • To give forth thunder; resound with thunder; formerly, to lighten (and thunder): often used impersonally: as, it thundered yesterday.
  • To make a sound resembling thunder; make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance.
  • To utter loud denunciations or threats.
  • To emit with or as with the noise of thunder; utter with a loud and threatening voice; utter or issue by way of threat or denunciation.
  • To lay on with vehemence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deep prolonged loud noise
  • n. street names for heroin
  • v. be the case that thunder is being heard
  • v. move fast, noisily, and heavily
  • v. to make or produce a 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
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    noise    diacetylmorphine    heroin    move    roar    howl    shout   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thunderbolt    shout   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Wonder    asunder    blunder    funder    plunder    sunder    under    wonder    wunder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    roar    rumble    explosion    crash    noise    lightning    storm    rattle    hiss    hum