thunder
21thunder — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thoner, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old High German thonar thunder, Latin tonare to thunder Date: before 12th century 1. the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion …
22thunder — 1 noun 1 (U) the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning: clap of thunder (=one sudden noise of thunder) 2 (singular) a loud, deep noise like thunder: the thunder of gunfire 3 a face like thunder looking very… …
23thunder — 1. noun 1) thunder and lightning Syn: thunderclap, peal of thunder, roll of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder; literary thunderbolt 2) the ceaseless thunder of the traffic Syn: rumble, rumbling, boom, boomi …
24thunder — /ˈθʌndə / (say thunduh) noun 1. the loud noise which accompanies a flash of lightning, due to violent disturbance of the air by a discharge of electricity. 2. Chiefly Poetic the destructive agent in a thunderstorm. 3. any loud, resounding noise:… …
25Thunder — 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… …
26thunder — [OE] Etymologically, thunder is nothing more than ‘noise’. In common with German donner, Dutch donder, and Danish torden, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *thonara . This was descended from the Indo European base *ton , *tn ‘resound’, which …
27thunder — [OE] Etymologically, thunder is nothing more than ‘noise’. In common with German donner, Dutch donder, and Danish torden, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *thonara . This was descended from the Indo European base *ton , *tn ‘resound’, which …
28thunder — 1. noun /ˈθʌn.də,ˈθʌn.dɚ/ a) The sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge. Thunder is preceded by lightning. b) A sound resembling thunder. Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede. 2 …
29thunder — thun•der [[t]ˈθʌn dər[/t]] n. 1) mer 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[/ex] 3) to give forth thunder (often used… …
30thunder — Hekili. Also: hekikili, kili, ku i ka hekili, u ina pōhaku a Kāne, pōhaku, pohāka a, ka a ka pōhaku. To cause thunder, threatening thunder, ho ohekili. To thunder without rain, pāmalō, hekili pāmalo, hekili pāmalo o (considered an… …
