thunder
/ˈθʌndə//ˈθʌndɚ/noun
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The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
Example: Thunder is preceded by lightning.
A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
Example: Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
verb
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To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
Example: It thundered continuously.
To make a noise like thunder.
Example: The train thundered along the tracks.
To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
Example: "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.