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thunder
[ thuhn-der ]
noun
- a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
- any loud, resounding noise:
the thunder of applause.
- a threatening or startling utterance, denunciation, or the like.
verb (used without object)
- to give forth thunder (often used impersonally with it as the subject):
It thundered last night.
- to make a loud, resounding noise like thunder:
The artillery thundered in the hills.
- to utter loud or vehement denunciations, threats, or the like.
- to speak in a very loud tone.
- to move or go with a loud noise or violent action:
The train thundered through the village.
verb (used with object)
- to strike, drive, inflict, give forth, etc., with loud noise or violent action.
thunder
/ ˈθʌԻə /
noun
- a loud cracking or deep rumbling noise caused by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases which are suddenly heated by lightning
- any loud booming sound
- rare.a violent threat or denunciation
- steal someone's thunderto detract from the attention due to another by forestalling him or her
verb
- to make (a loud sound) or utter (words) in a manner suggesting thunder
- intr; with it as subject to be the case that thunder is being heard
- intr to move fast and heavily
the bus thundered downhill
- intr to utter vehement threats or denunciation; rail
thunder
/ ٳŭ′ə /
- The explosive noise that accompanies a stroke of lightning. Thunder is a series of sound waves produced by the rapid expansion of the air through which the lightning passes. Sound travels about 1 km in 3 seconds (about 1 mi in 5 seconds). The distance between an observer and a lightning flash can be calculated by counting the number of seconds between the flash and the thunder.
- See Note at lightning
thunder
- The noise created when air rushes back into a region from which it has been expelled by the passage of lightning .
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܲԻ, noun
- ˈٳܲԻ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٳܲd· noun
- ٳܲd· adjective
- dzܳtܲd verb (used with object)
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thunder1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thunder1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing thunder
see under steal someone's thunder .Example Sentences
Even with the severe storms that battered a few parts of England with intense rain, hail and thunder on Saturday 22 March, many places avoided the heavy downpours.
"It was a thundering good job. A bit like the people working at Bletchley Park on Enigma. We were doing something important, something that mattered."
Tommy Freeman thundered around in midfield to great effect, having been shifted in off the wing.
The sex shtick is paired with a boisterous piano score that feels like it thundered in from a western — it doesn’t work at all.
So why isn't the notoriously thin-skinned Trump more upset at the younger, richer Musk for stealing his thunder?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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