thunder

  • 11thunder — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ The thunder was getting louder and louder. ▪ rolling, rumbling ▪ distant ▪ the rumble …

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  • 12thunder — thun|der1 [ˈθʌndə US ər] n [: Old English; Origin: thunor] 1.) [U] the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning ▪ a storm with thunder and lightning clap/crack/roll/crash of thunder ▪ Suddenly there was a great… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13thunder — thunderer, n. thunderless, adj. /thun deuhr/, n. 1. a 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… …

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  • 14thunder — 01. We heard the boom of [thunder] just as we were getting ready to leave for our picnic. 02. The town of Tororo in Uganda had [thunder] on an average of 251 days each year during the period 1967 1976, the highest number on record. 03. The flight …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15thunder — [[t]θʌ̱ndə(r)[/t]] thunders, thundering, thundered 1) N UNCOUNT Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of lightning, especially during a storm. There was frequent thunder and lightning, and torrential rain. ...a… …

    English dictionary

  • 16thunder — I UK [ˈθʌndə(r)] / US [ˈθʌndər] noun * 1) [uncountable] the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm a roll of thunder (= a series of noises) a clap of thunder (= a single very loud noise) 2) [singular] a loud noise similar to …

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  • 17Thunder — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Thunder, mot anglais signifiant tonnerre, peut faire référence à : Thunder, un groupe de rock, Thunder un film de 1929 de William Nigh avec Lon… …

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  • 18thunder — thun|der1 [ θʌndər ] noun uncount * the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm: a clap of thunder (=a single very loud noise) a roll of thunder (=a series of noises) a. a loud noise similar to THUNDER: the thunder of hooves… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19thunder — n. 1) thunder booms, reverberates, roars, rolls 2) a clap, peal, roll of thunder (a deafening clap of thunder) 3) (misc.) to steal smb. s thunder ( to do first what smb. else was going to do ) * * * [ θʌndə] peal reverberates roars rolls roll of… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 20thunder — {{11}}thunder (n.) O.E. þunor, from P.Gmc. *thunraz (Cf. O.N. þorr, O.Fris. thuner, M.Du. donre, Du. donder, O.H.G. donar, Ger. Donner thunder ), from PIE * (s)tene to resound, thunder (Cf. Skt. tanayitnuh thundering, Pers …

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