'Thunder' definitions:

Definition of 'thunder'

From: WordNet
noun
A deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder]
noun
A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
noun
Street names for heroin [syn: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scag]
verb
Move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
verb
Utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" [syn: thunder, roar]
verb
Be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" [syn: thunder, boom]
verb
To make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"

Definition of 'Thunder'

From: GCIDE
  • Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder, [thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG. donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder, tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr. tan to stretch. [root]52. See Thin, and cf. Astonish, Detonate, Intone, Thursday, Tone.]
  • 1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation. [1913 Webster]
  • The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • Thunder pumper. (Zool.) (a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens). (b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
  • Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.]
  • Thunder snake. (Zool.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake. (b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn. Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States; -- called also worm snake.
  • Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thunder'

From: GCIDE
  • Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Thundering.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See Thunder, n.]
  • 1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. [1913 Webster]
  • Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. [1913 Webster]
  • His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To utter violent denunciation. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thunder'

From: GCIDE
  • Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation. [1913 Webster]
  • Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thunder'

From: Easton
  • Thunder often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Ps. 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine.

Synonyms of 'thunder'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Thunder'