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thunder

Definition

  • noun: the very loud sound that comes from the sky during a storm
  • noun: the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge
  • verb: to produce thunder
  • usually used impersonally
  • synonyms: thunderbolt, shout

Examples

  • I didn't mean to 'steal your thunder', but I just had to tell your mom about your promotion.

  • We could hear the rumble of 'thunder' in the distance.

  • “How dare you come into my house!” he 'thundered'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) between you or your father to represent me in this case... I'd choose you any day of the week and twice on Sunday. You should've seen yourself thunder away at Kendrick. Would you put Jessup on the stand? - Do you think my father would have? - With the evidence we got? Not in a million years. (..)
    1992 A Few Good Men