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Thunder

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Noun

1. boom, roar, roaring, 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. big h, hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, smack, thunder

street names for heroin

Verb

4. thunder

move fast, noisily, and heavily

Example Sentences:
'The bus thundered down the road'

5. roar, thunder

utter words loudly and forcefully

Example Sentences:
'Get out of here,' he roared'

6. boom, thunder

be the case that thunder is being heard

Example Sentences:
'Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed'

7. thunder

to make or produce a loud noise

Example Sentences:
'The river thundered below'
'The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thunder

see synonyms of thunder
noun
1. 
a loud cracking or deep rumbling noise caused by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases which are suddenly heated by lightning
2. 
any loud booming sound
3. rare
a violent threat or denunciation
4.  steal someone's thunder
verb
5. 
to make (a loud sound) or utter (words) in a manner suggesting thunder
6. (intr; with it as subject)
to be the case that thunder is being heard
7. (intransitive)
to move fast and heavily
the bus thundered downhill
8. (intransitive)
to utter vehement threats or denunciation; rail

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Thunder

see synonyms of thunder
noun
1. 
the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge
2. 
any loud, rumbling sound like this
3. 
a threatening, menacing, or extremely vehement utterance
4.  Archaic
a thunderbolt
verb intransitive
5. 
to produce thunder
usually in the impersonal construction [it is thundering]
6. 
to make, or move with, a sound like thunder
7. 
to make vehement speeches, denunciations, etc.
verb transitive
8. 
to say in a thundering voice
9. 
to strike, drive, etc. with the sound or violence of thunder

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thunder

see synonyms of thunder
n.
1. The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning.
2. A sound that resembles or suggests thunder.
v. thun·dered, thun·der·ing, thun·ders
v.intr.
1. To produce thunder.
2. To produce sounds like thunder.
3. To move while making a loud noise: The express train thundered past us.
4. To utter loud, vociferous remarks or threats.
v.tr.
To express violently, commandingly, or angrily; roar.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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