thunder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thunder	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thunder n a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning street names for heroin Synonym(s): big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scag v move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road" utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" Synonym(s): thunder, roar be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" Synonym(s): thunder, boom to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder, [thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG. donar, Icel. [thorn][d3]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder, tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr. tan to stretch. [fb]52. See {Thin}, and cf. {Astonish}, {Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.] 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. {Thunder pumper}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}). (b) The American bittern or stake-driver. {Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.] {Thunder snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake. (b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis, [or] Celuta, am[d2]na}) native to the Eastern United States; -- called also {worm snake}. {Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Thunder often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Ps. 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine.