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Definitions for: Thunder
[n] a deep prolonged loud noise
[n] a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
[v] utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared."
[v] to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle."
[v] move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
[v] be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their
thunders bend. --Shak.
3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
Thunder pumper. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.]
Thunder snake. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis, or Celuta,
am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United States; --
called also worm snake.
Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
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.
Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl.
9.
2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some
continuance.
His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears.
--Milton.
3. To utter violent denunciation.
Thun"der, v. t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to
publish, as a threat or denunciation.
Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's
ear. --Dryden.
An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an
ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe.
Synonyms: boom, boom, roar, roar, roaring
See Also: howl, move, noise, shout, storm, thunderclap
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