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Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Thundering.]

[AS. [thorn]unrian. See Thunder, n.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, a.

1. Emitting thunder.

Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. --J. Trumbull.

2. Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, n. Thunder. --Rev. iv. 5.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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