thunder has definitions from the fields of meteorology,medicine,pharmacology
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[ noun ] a deep prolonged loud noise

Synonyms

roar roaring boom

Related terms

noise roar boom

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[ noun ] (meteorology) a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

When the skies grew dark and thunder rolled across the valley , he was unafraid .

Thunder crashed ; barrels tumbled down the mountainsides , and bounced and bounced till their own fury split them open .

Related terms

noise thunderclap

3
[ verb ] move fast, noisily, and heavily

Examples

"The bus thundered down the road"

Used in print

(Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)

Colonel_Frederick_W._Lander , impersonated , will again make his break-neck ride down the steep declivity of Talbott 's ( now College ) Hill and thunder across the bridge to join Colonel_Benjamin_F._Kelley 's ( West ) Virginia_Infantry , then swarming through the streets in pursuit of the retreating Confederates .

(Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)

The animals thundered away into the moonlight , heading for the ridges .

Related terms

move boom

4
[ verb ] utter words loudly and forcefully

Synonyms

roar

Examples

"`Get out of here,' he roared."

Used in print

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

They thundered at him .

Related terms

shout boom bellow

5
[ verb ] be the case that thunder is being heard

Synonyms

boom

Examples

"Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed."

Related terms

storm

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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) street names for heroin

Related terms

H

7
[ verb ] to make or produce a loud noise

Examples

"The river thundered below" "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle."

Related terms

roar boom

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