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thun⋅der⋅ing

  [thuhn-der-ing]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
2. producing a noise or effect like thunder.
3. very great; extraordinary: a thundering amount of work.
–noun
4. thunder.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME thundring, OE thunring thunder. See thunder, -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
thun⋅der⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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thun⋅der

  [thuhn-der]
–noun
1. a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
2. any loud, resounding noise: the thunder of applause.
3. a threatening or startling utterance, denunciation, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
4. to give forth thunder (often used impersonally with it as the subject): It thundered last night.
5. to make a loud, resounding noise like thunder: The artillery thundered in the hills.
6. to utter loud or vehement denunciations, threats, or the like.
7. to speak in a very loud tone.
8. to move or go with a loud noise or violent action: The train thundered through the village.
–verb (used with object)
9. to strike, drive, inflict, give forth, etc., with loud noise or violent action.
—Idiom
10. steal someone's thunder,
a. to use for one's own purposes and without the knowledge or permission of the originator the inventions or ideas of another.
b. to ruin or detract from the effect of a performance, remark, etc., by anticipating it.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME thonder, thunder, OE thunor; c. D donder, G Donner; ON thōrr Thor, lit., thunder; (v.) ME thondren, OE thunrian, deriv. of the v.; akin to L tonāre to thunder

Related forms:
thun⋅der⋅er, noun
thun⋅der⋅less, adjective
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thun·der   (thŭn'dər)   
n.  

  1. The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning.

  2. A sound that resembles or suggests thunder.

v.   thun·dered, thun·der·ing, thun·ders

v.   intr.

  1. To produce thunder.

  2. To produce sounds like thunder.

  3. To utter loud, vociferous remarks or threats.

v.   tr.
To express violently, commandingly, or angrily; roar.

[Middle English, from Old English thunor; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots.]
thun'der·er n.
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Cultural Dictionary

thunder

The noise created when air rushes back into a region from which it has been expelled by the passage of lightning.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

thunder 
O.E. þunor, from P.Gmc. *thunraz (cf. O.N. þorr, O.Fris. thuner, M.Du. donre, Du. donder, O.H.G. donar, Ger. Donner "thunder"), from PIE *(s)tene- "to resound, thunder" (cf. Skt. tanayitnuh "thundering," Pers. tundar "thunder," L. tonare "to thunder"). Swed. tordön is lit. "Thor's din." The intrusive -d- is also found in Du. and Icelandic versions of the word. The verb is O.E. þunrian; fig. sense of "to speak loudly, threateningly, bombastically" is recorded from c.1340. Thunderbolt is from c.1440; thunderclap is from c.1386; thunderstruck is from 1613, originally fig.; the lit. sense always has been rare. Thunderhead "high-piled cloud" is recorded from 1861.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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