Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
Example: Thunder is preceded by lightning.
Definition: A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
Example: Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
Definition: An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
Definition: The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
Definition: The spotlight.
Example: Shortly after I announced my pregnancy, he stole my thunder with his news of landing his dream job.
verb
Definition: To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
Example: It thundered continuously.
Definition: To make a noise like thunder.
Example: The train thundered along the tracks.
Definition: To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
Definition: To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
Example: “Get back to work at once!”, he thundered.
Definition: To produce something with incredible power