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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

  • (..) give me a shove! Mantis, now! Is that all you got? It feels like I'm fighting a big old fluffy cloud! Well, this cloud is about to bring the thunder! Your turn! Why... are... there... so... many... signs?! Come here! Alaka-squasho! Yes! Taste the defeat! (..)
    2011 Kung Fu Panda 2