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Thunder

noun
/ˈθʌndə/
Word Frequency: 5.8

Definitions

1.nounThe loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
"Thunder is preceded by lightning."
2.nounA deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
"Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede."
3.nounAn alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
4.nounThe discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
5.nounThe spotlight.
"Shortly after I announced my pregnancy, he stole my thunder with his news of landing his dream job."
6.verbTo produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
"It thundered continuously."
7.verbTo make a noise like thunder.
"The train thundered along the tracks."
8.verbTo talk with a loud, threatening voice.
9.verbTo say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
""Get back to work at once!", he thundered."
10.verbTo produce something with incredible power

Synonyms

boomroaringroarthunderboltthundershowerstormthunderstormlightningroundminestarsmashing

Rhymes With

blunderplundersunderunderasundergo underboy wonderknuckle under
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