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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

  • (..) (men conversing indistinctly) (hoarse coughing) Aw... Jesus. (violent coughing) (thunder rumbling) (water dripping) (rain patters on umbrella) (violent coughing continues) (retching) You know, I've got (..)
    2002 Catch Me If You Can
  • (..) (men speaking French) (keys jangling) (lock turns) (door clanks) (speaks French) (thunder rumbling outside) You sit here. You do not open the door. You do not pass him... anything through the hole. (wind quietly blowing (..)
    2002 Catch Me If You Can