thundering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thundering	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for thundering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thundering adj sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd" extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thundering \Thun"dering\, a. 1. Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering* chariot o'er the ground. --J. Trumbull. 2. Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] -- {Thun"deringly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, n. Thunder. --Rev. iv. 5.