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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
thun•der /ˈθʌndɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Meteorologya loud, rolling noise produced by the expansion of air heated by lightning:The children were afraid of thunder.
  2. any loud, resounding noise:a thunder of applause.

v. 
  1. to give forth thunder:[no object* it + ~]It thundered all night.
  2. to make a loud, rolling, rumbling noise like thunder:[no object]artillery thundering in the hills.
  3. to speak in a very loud or vehement way;
    shout: [no object]All day long the boss thundered about the company's losses.[used with quotations]"Watch out,'' the officer thundered, "get out of here now!''
Idioms
  1. Idioms steal someone's thunder:
    • to use without credit or permission the ideas of another.
    • to spoil the effect of another's performance, etc., by doing or saying what (s)he was going to do first.

thun•der•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
thun•der  (thundər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Meteorologya loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
  2. any loud, resounding noise:the thunder of applause.
  3. a threatening or startling utterance, denunciation, or the like.
  4. steal someone's thunder:
    • to use for one's own purposes and without the knowledge or permission of the originator the inventions or ideas of another.
    • to ruin or detract from the effect of a performance, remark, etc., by anticipating it.

v.i. 
  1. to give forth thunder (often used impersonally with it as the subject):It thundered last night.
  2. to make a loud, resounding noise like thunder:The artillery thundered in the hills.
  3. to utter loud or vehement denunciations, threats, or the like.
  4. to speak in a very loud tone.
  5. to move or go with a loud noise or violent action:The train thundered through the village.

v.t. 
  1. to strike, drive, inflict, give forth, etc., with loud noise or violent action.
  • bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English thonder, thunder, Old English thunor; cognate with Dutch donder, German Donner; Old Norse thōrr Thor, literally, thunder; (verb, verbal) Middle English thondren, Old English thunrian, derivative of the verb, verbal; akin to Latin tonāre to thunder
thunder•er, n. 
thunder•less, adj. 

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