thunder
IPA: θˈʌndɝ
noun
- The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
- A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
- An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
- (obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
- (figuratively) The spotlight.
- (literature) Synonym of thunder word
- The 13th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
verb
- (impersonal) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
- (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
- (ergative) To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
- (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
- To produce something with incredible power.
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Examples of "thunder" in Sentences
- It sounded like thundering.
- The sound was thundering and huge.
- The applause that followed was thunderous.
- She saw the lightning and heard the thunder.
- The air vibrates by the thundering and explosions.
- The fisherman faced a huge thunder storm on the ocean.
- Catequil is the name of the Inca god of thunder and lightning.
- A sudden downpour with thunder and lightning submerged the battlefield.
- The charm of the blue sky is the play of lightening, thunder and storm.
- Dianmu is the name of the goddess of thunder and lightning in Chinese folklore.
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