| n. | 1. | The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Any loud noise; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
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| v. i. | 1. | To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; - often used impersonally; | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | To utter violent denunciation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| v. t. | 1. | To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noun | 1. | thunder - a deep prolonged loud noise |
| 2. | thunder - a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning | |
| 3. | thunder - street names for heroin | |
| Verb | 1. | thunder - move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road" |
| 2. | thunder - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" Synonyms: roar | |
| 3. | thunder - be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" Synonyms: boom | |
| 4. | thunder - to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle" |
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