Thunder — Defs

01 n. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

1.
The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
2.
The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.[Obs.]
“The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.” — Shak.
3.
Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
4.
An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
“The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.” — Prescott.

Phrases & compounds

Thunder pumper — The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).

Thunder rod — a lightning rod.

Thunder snake — The chicken, or milk, snake.

Thunder tube — a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.

02 v. i. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered cont…

imp. & p. p. Thundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Thundering

1.
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
“Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?” — Job xl. 9.
2.
Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
“His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears.” — Milton.
3.
To utter violent denunciation.

03 v. t. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

1.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
“Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear.” — Dryden.

“An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure.” — Ayliffe.