thunder
/ˈθʌndɚ/ verb C2- To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity. · It thundered continuously.
- To make a noise like thunder. · The train thundered along the tracks.
- To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
- To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice. · "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.
- To produce something with incredible power.
Plural thunder · He/she/it thunders · Past thundered · Past participle thundered · -ing form thundering
Verb forms
- Base form
- thunder
- He/she/it
- thunders
- Past
- thundered
- Past participle
- thundered
- -ing form
- thundering
From the library
The explosion, which had been so long restrained from a feeling of respect to the court of justice, now burst forth like thunder from the breasts of all present; the court itself did not seek to restrain the feelings of the audience.
The Lion became quite angry at the laughter caused by the Scarecrow’s mishap, and giving a loud roar that echoed like thunder, he dashed up the hill.
“How in thunder came you to know anything about it?” he asked.
Here is the mill with the humming of thunder,
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