'Thunderbolt' definitions:
Definition of 'thunderbolt'
(from WordNet)
noun
A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn: thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning]
noun
A shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap]
Definition of 'Thunderbolt'
From: GCIDE
- Thunderbolt \Thun"der*bolt`\, n.
- 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. [1913 Webster]
- The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. [1913 Webster]
- He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone. [1913 Webster]
- Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), a long-horned beetle (Arhopalus fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black, with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thunderbolt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antelope,
- arrow,
- astonishment,
- ball lightning,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- blue darter,
- blue streak,
- bolt,
- bolt of lightning,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- cannonball,
- catch,
- chain lightning,
- courser,
- dark lightning,
- dart,
- eagle,
- earthshaker,
- electricity,
- express train,
- eye-opener,
- fireball,
- firebolt,
- flash,
- flying flame,
- forked lightning,
- fulguration,
- fulmination,
- gazelle,
- greased lightning,
- greyhound,
- hare,
- jet plane,
- joker,
- Jupiter Fulgur,
- kicker,
- levin bolt,
- light,
- lightning,
- mercury,
- oak-cleaving thunderbolts,
- peripeteia,
- quicksilver,
- revelation,
- rocket,
- scared rabbit,
- sheet lightning,
- shocker,
- shot,
- staggerer,
- startler,
- streak,
- streak of lightning,
- striped snake,
- stroke of lightning,
- surprisal,
- surprise,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- swallow,
- switch,
- Thor,
- thought,
- thunderball,
- thunderclap,
- thunderstroke,
- torrent,
- wind
Thunderbolt, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Thunderbolt, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000) :
2340
Housing Units (2000) :
1096
Land area (2000) :
1.273892 sq. miles (3.299364 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.178161 sq. miles (0.461435 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.452053 sq. miles (3.760799 sq. km)
FIPS code :
76364
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
32.032111 N, 81.051733 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.