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Thunder   /θˈəndər/   Listen
noun
Thunder  n.  
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."
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."
Thunder pumper. (Zool.)
(a)
The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).
(b)
The American bittern or stake-driver.
Thunder rod, a lightning rod. (R.)
Thunder snake. (Zool.)
(a)
The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b)
A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn. Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States; called also worm snake.
Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.


verb
Thunder  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." "An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure."


Thunder  v. i.  (past & past part. thundered; pres. part. thundering)  
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?"
2.
Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. "His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears."
3.
To utter violent denunciation.





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"Thunder" Quotes from Famous Books



... (Poseidon) and Pluto (Dis) divided his dominions. Jupiter's portion was the heavens, Neptune's the ocean, and Pluto's the realms of the dead. Earth and Olympus were common property. Jupiter was king of gods and men. The thunder was his weapon, and he bore a shield called Aegis, made for him by Vulcan. The eagle was his favorite ...
— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch
... raised himself by degrees; instead of lying he was now kneeling, his hands elevated towards the vision, his knees resting on the beasts, which lay motionless, and as if thunder-stricken. ...
— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo
... a flat portion of the earth's surface, A B (fig. 1), and assume a highly charged thunder-cloud, C D, floating at some finite distance above it, they would, together with the air, form an electrified system. There would be an electric field; and if we take a small portion of this system, it would be uniform. The lines, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 - July 9, 1881 • Various
... anything. Wen Adam an' Ebe wuz turnt outn de gyarden, an' de Lord want ter keep 'em out, wat's dat he put dar fur ter skyer 'em? Wuz it er elfunt? No, sar! Wuz it er lion? No, sar! He had plenty beases uv eby kin', but den he didn' cyar 'boutn usen uv 'em. Wuz hit rain or hail, or fire, or thunder, or lightnin'? No, my bredren, hit wuz er s'ord! Caze de Lord knowed weneber dey seed de s'ord dar dey wan't gwine ter facin' it. Oh, den, lis'en at ...
— Diddie, Dumps & Tot - or, Plantation child-life • Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle
... looking all ways for escape, saw there was no use in attempting it. When she did reach him, she seized him and shook him till his head seemed to wobble on his shoulders. Then, with a resounding box on the ear, that seemed like a clap of thunder, she paused to ...
— The Adventures of Joel Pepper • Margaret Sidney


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