thunder
noun
1. a deep prolonged loud noise
Similar word(s): boom, roar, roaring
Definition categories: event, noise
2. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
Definition categories: event, noise
3. street names for heroin
Similar word(s): scag, skag, smack
Definition categories: man–made, diacetylmorphine, heroin
Sentences with thunder as a noun:
- Thunder is preceded by lightning.
- Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
verb
1. move fast, noisily, and heavily
- The bus thundered down the road
Definition categories: motion, move
2. utter words loudly and forcefully
Similar word(s): roar
Definition categories: communication, shout
3. be the case that thunder is being heard
- Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
Similar word(s): boom
Definition categories: weather
4. to make or produce a loud noise
- The river thundered below
Definition categories: communication, howl, roar
Sentences with thunder as a verb:
- It thundered continuously.
- The train thundered along the tracks.
- "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.