Thunder - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈθʌndər|  American pronunciation of the word thunder
Brit.  |ˈθʌndə|  British pronunciation of the word thunder

noun

- a deep prolonged loud noise (syn: boom, roar, roaring)
- a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
- street names for heroin (syn: smack)

verb

- move fast, noisily, and heavily
The bus thundered down the road
- utter words loudly and forcefully (syn: roar)
- be the case that thunder is being heard (syn: boom)
Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
- to make or produce a loud noise
The river thundered below

Extra examples

Her dog is afraid of thunder.

Lightning flashed and thunder boomed.

Suddenly there was a loud clap of thunder.

We could hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.

She accepted the award to a thunder of applause.

The sky thundered and the rain poured down.

It was raining and thundering all night.

Guns thundered in the distance.

Horses thundered down the road.

Trucks thundered past on the highway.

“How dare you come into my house!” he thundered.

Suddenly there was a great crash of thunder.

We could hear the rumble of distant thunder.

The thunder crashed and boomed around us.

She heard the thunder of hooves behind her.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: thunder
he/she/it: thunders
present participle: thundering
past tense: thundered
past participle: thundered
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