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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6539 COCA: 8090

thunder

1 thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/ noun
1 thunder
/ˈθʌndɚ/
noun
Learner's definition of THUNDER
[noncount] : the very loud sound that comes from the sky during a storm : the sound that follows a flash of lightning雷声
[singular] : a loud noise that sounds like thunder雷鸣般的响声

a face like thunder

British
: a face that looks very angry满面怒容的脸

steal someone's thunder

: to prevent someone from having success or getting a lot of attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or say先声夺人;抢风头
2 thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/ verb
thunders; thundered; thundering
2 thunder
/ˈθʌndɚ/
verb
thunders; thundered; thundering
Learner's definition of THUNDER
[no object] : to produce thunder打雷
[no object]
: to make a loud sound like the sound of thunder发出雷鸣般的声响
always followed by an adverb or preposition : to move in a way that makes a very loud sound轰隆隆地移动
[+ object] : to shout (something) very loudly咆哮
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6539 COCA: 8090

thunder

1 of 2

noun

thun·​der ˈthən-dər How to pronounce thunder (audio)
1
: the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge
2
: bang, rumble
the thunder of big guns
3
: a loud utterance or threat

thunder

2 of 2

verb

thundered; thundering ˈthən-d(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce thunder (audio)

intransitive verb

1
a
: to produce thunder
usually used impersonally
it thundered
b
: to give forth a sound that resembles thunder
horses thundered down the road
2
: roar, shout

transitive verb

1
: to utter loudly : roar
2
: to strike with a sound likened to thunder
thunderer noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun 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. the thunder of horses' hooves the distant thunder of cannon fire She accepted the award to a thunder of applause. Verb 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. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Audiences were bombarded by the deafening thunder of explosions, the escalating screeching of incoming shells, and the jackhammer racket of machine guns. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022 Gentle breezes, warmth, thunder, sunshine, lightning. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2022 Notre Dame Stadium is supposed to be a place to shake down the thunder, not where the Thundering Herd celebrate a 26-21 victory. Tom Coyne, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 Hey, David: A dose of optimism is the middle of a thunder storm is always a good thing. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 How does mentoring thrive in a teacher thunder dome? Peter Greene, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Dark clouds gathered over the launch site as soon as Blackwell-Thompson halted the countdown, with thunder echoing across the coast. Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2022 Though there could be some rain and thunder throughout the night, the main threat will likely resolve around midnight, White said. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022 Dark clouds gathered over the launch site as soon as Blackwell-Thompson halted the countdown, with thunder echoing across the coast. Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2022
Verb
What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at nearly 200 mph, wasn’t immediately known. Frances D'emilio, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2022 What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at some 300 kph (nearly 200 mph), wasn’t immediately known. al, 4 July 2022 What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at some 300 kph (nearly 200 mph), wasn't immediately known. Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022 It’s not often that Southcentral Alaska residents wake to thunder in the middle of the night. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2022 Florida continued to thunder away, scoring three in the fifth for a 7-1 lead. oregonlive, 2 June 2022 Still, Starks, who works as a hunting guide seasonally and on a ranch the rest of the year, has never seen anything like 150,000 people yelling and screaming as the horses thunder down the stretch of the most exciting two minutes in sports. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022 Unyielding, visceral, imaginative, and rendered with galvanic precision, the poems thunder along through gritty geographies of place and psyche, revealing the ruptures created by divides in both. oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2022 In luge, athletes thunder down the track at more than 80 mph lying on their back, feet first, on a small sled. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English thoner, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old High German thonar thunder, Latin tonare to thunder

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of thunder was before the 12th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6539 COCA: 8090
thunder

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF THUNDER | THUNDER + VERB | THUNDER + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEloud響雷The thunder was getting louder and louder.雷聲越來越大。rolling, rumbling滾滾的/隆隆的雷聲distant遙遠的雷聲the rumble of distant thunder遠方隆隆的雷聲... OF THUNDERclap, crack, crash, peal, roll, rumble一聲霹靂;一聲炸雷;一聲悶雷;一陣隆隆的雷聲;一陣滾雷THUNDER + VERBboom, crack, crash, roar雷聲隆隆;霹靂炸響Thunder boomed in the sky overhead.頭頂上空雷聲隆隆。growl, roll, rumble, sound雷聲大作/滾滾/隆隆/響起A crash of thunder sounded in the distance.一聲悶雷在遠處響起。echo雷聲迴盪rattle sth, shake sth雷聲震得⋯咯咯響;雷聲撼動⋯The windows were shaken by a tremendous crash of thunder.窗子被一聲巨大的悶雷震得亂晃。THUNDER + NOUNclap (usually thunderclap) 驚雷;霹靂cloud (usually thundercloud) 雷雨雲PREPOSITIONthunder of (figurative) ⋯的雷聲She could hear the thunder of hoofs approaching.她能聽到雷鳴般的馬蹄聲越來越近。PHRASESthe sound of thunder, thunder and lightning雷聲;雷電

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