all of a sudden : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: all of a sudden	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for all of a sudden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
all of a sudden adv without warning; "all at once, he started shouting" [syn: all of a sudden, all at once] happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" Synonym(s): suddenly, all of a sudden, of a sudden
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, n. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. {All of a sudden}, {On a sudden}, {Of a sudden}, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly. How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! --Milton. He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden. --Thackeray.