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thunder
('/T//@/nd/@/r )

noun (n)

  • a deep prolonged loud noise(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    boom, roar, roaring
    source: wordnet30
  • a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning(noun.event)
    source: wordnet30
  • street names for heroin(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • move fast, noisily, and heavily(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The bus thundered down the road.
    source: wordnet30
  • utter words loudly and forcefully(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    roar
    source: wordnet30
  • be the case that thunder is being heard(verb.weather)
    Example:
    Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed.
    Synonym:
    boom
    source: wordnet30
  • to make or produce a loud noise(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The river thundered below.
    source: wordnet30
  • To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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