Thunder

thun′dėr, n. the deep rumbling sound after a flash of lightning, a thunderbolt: any loud noise: an alarming denunciation.— v.i. to make thunder: to sound as thunder.— v.t. to give out with noise and terror: to publish a denunciation.— ns. Thun′derbolt , a bolt or shaft of lightning preceding a peal of thunder: anything sudden and irresistible: a daring or irresistible hero: ecclesiastical denunciation; Thun′der-clap , a sudden peal of thunder: the report of an explosion of electricity in the clouds; Thun′der-cloud , a cloud charged with electricity, which generally produces lightning and thunder; Thun′derer ; Thun′dering , the report of a discharge of electricity in the clouds: thunder.— adj. unusually big, tremendous.— adv. Thun′deringly .— adjs. Thun′derle , without thunder; Thun′der-like ( Shak. ), like thunder, as a loud noise; Thun′dero us , giving forth a sound like thunder, awful.— adv. Thun′derously .— ns. Thun′der-peal , a clap of thunder; Thun′der-plump , a heavy fall of rain in a thunder-storm; Thun′der-shower , a shower accompanied with thunder, or a short heavy shower from a thunder-cloud; Thun′der-stone ( Shak. ), a stone fabulously supposed to be hurled by thunder, and to do the damage of lightning, a thunderbolt: ( geol. ) a belemnite, so called from its dart-like shape; Thun′der-storm , continued discharges of electricity from the clouds, producing lightning and thunder, and generally accompanied with heavy rain.— v.t. Thun′der-strike , to strike as by lightning.— n. Thun′der-stroke ( Shak. ), a stroke or blast by lightning.— adjs. Thun′der-struck , struck by lightning: astonished: struck dumb; Thun′dery , indicative of thunder, or attended by it. [With intrusive d from A.S. þunor — þuni an , to rattle; cog. with Ger. donner , Ice. þorr for þonr , L. tonāre .]