thunder
- thunder
- [[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 distant clap of thunder.
2) VERB When it thunders, a loud noise comes from the sky after a flash of lightning.
[it V] The day was heavy and still. It would probably thunder later.
3)
N-UNCOUNT: N of
n The
thunder of something that is moving or making a sound is the loud deep noise it makes.
The thunder of the sea on the rocks seemed to blank out other thoughts...
Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.
Syn:
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4) VERB If something or someone thunders somewhere, they move there quickly and with a lot of noise.
[V prep/adv] The horses thundered across the valley floor...
[V prep/adv] Niccolini was thundering up the stairs, taking them two at a time...
[V prep/adv] A lorry thundered by.
5) VERB If something thunders, it makes a very loud noise, usually continuously.
She heard the sound of the guns thundering in the fog.
[V-ing] ...thundering applause.
Syn:
6) VERB If you thunder something, you say it loudly and forcefully, especially because you are angry. [WRITTEN]
[V with quote] `It's your money. Ask for it!' she thundered...
[V n] The Prosecutor looked toward Napoleon, waiting for him to thunder an objection.
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7)
PHRASE: V inflects If you
steal someone's
thunder, you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do.
He had no intention of letting the Foreign Secretary steal any of his thunder.
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