Thunder

thuu'der, n. The sound following a flash of lightning; a thunder-bolt; any loud noise; an alarming or startling threat or denunciation.— [thundered (-derd), -dering.] To sound, rattle, or roar, as an explosion of electricity; to make a loud noise, esp., a heavy sound, of some continuance. — To emit with noise and terror; to publish (a threat, denunciation, etc.). [AS. thunor, D. donder, OHG. thonar, thunder, lc. Thorr, Thor, the god of thunder, also thunder L. tonare, to thunder, Skr. tan, to sound, Gr. stenein, Lithuan. steneti, to groan, E. stun.] — Thun^derer, n. One who thunders, — an epithet applied by the ancients to Jupiter. — Thun'- dero us, -us, a. Producing thunder; making a noise like thunder; sonorous. — Thunderstruck, p. a. Astonished; amazed; struck dumb by something surprising or terrible suddenly presented to the mind or view. — Thursday, therz'da, n. The 5th day of the week; the dav after Wednesday and before Friday. [AS. thunres dag, thunres, genitive of thunor, and dag, dav, Ic. fhorsdagr, Thor's day, Thursday, D. Donderdag.] — Thun'der-bolt, n. A shaft of lightning; a daring or irresistible hero; ecclesiastical denunciation fulmination. clap, n. A burst of am. fame, far, pa or opera, fare Snd, TICK thunder; sudden report of an explosion of electricity. show'er, n. A shower accompanied with thunder. storm, n. A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.—struck, a. Struck by lightning; greatly astonished. tube, n. A fulgurite, q. v.