thunder /thunˈdər/

1. The deep rumbling sound after a flash of lightning, caused by the disturbance by electricity of atmospheric gases
2. Any loud noise
3. A thunderbolt
4. Vehement denunciation

1. (usu with it as the subject) to make the noise of thunder
2. To make a noise like thunder
3. To move very heavily and usu quickly
4. To inveigh or denounce with vehemence (with against, etc)

1. To utter with noise or violent denunciation
2. To deal or inflict (blows, etc) like thunder

thunˈderer noun

1. A thunder god, Zeus, Thor, etc
2. A thundering denunciator, inveigher, orator, journalist or periodical, especially The Times or its leader-writer
3. A person who operates stage thunder
4. A bull-roarer

thunˈdering adjective

1. Discharging thunder
2. Unusually big, tremendous (informal)

Used as an intensifier

thunˈderingly adverb

thunˈderless adjective

thunˈderlike adjective (Shakespeare)

thunˈderous or thunˈdrous adjective

Like, threatening, or suggesting thunder

thunˈderously adverb

thunˈderousness noun

thunˈdery adjective

Indicative of thunder, or accompanied by it

thunˈder-and-lightˈning adjective

In glaring colours

noun

A glaringly coloured woollen cloth

thunˈder-bearer noun (Shakespeare)

Jove

thunˈderbird noun

1. A huge mythical bird thought by some Native American peoples to cause thunder and lightning
2. A representation of such a bird

thunˈderbolt noun

1. A clap of thunder accompanied by a flash of lightning
2. A popularly imagined material body seen as lightning
3. A stone identified with it, such as a belemnite, a stone axe
4. Anything sudden and overwhelming
5. A missile of the thunder god
6. A fulmination
7. A violent and irresistible destroyer or hero

thunˈderbox noun (slang)

1. A chamberpot enclosed in a box or stool
2. Any primitive or portable toilet

thunˈderclap noun

1. A sudden crash of thunder
2. Anything unexpected and alarming

thunˈdercloud noun

1. A cloud charged with electricity
2. A black or livid threatening appearance

thunˈder-dart noun

A thunderbolt

thunˈder-darter or thunˈder-master noun (both Shakespeare)

Jove

thunˈder-drive transitive verb (Spenser)

To drive with thunderbolts

thunˈderegg noun (Aust and US)

An agate-filled cavity within a rock mass, or a fossil, supposed to have been flung to earth by lightning

thunˈderflash noun

A container, such as a blank shell, filled with explosive powder, which makes a flash and a loud explosion when detonated

thunder god noun

A god that wields thunder

thunˈderhead noun

A distinctively rounded mass of cumulus cloud projecting above the general cloud mass, usu the precursor of a storm

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