thunder
move fast, noisily, and heavily
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,440 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,030 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move fast, noisily, and heavily The bus thundered down the road
- utter words loudly and forcefully also: roar `Get out of here,' he roared
- be the case that thunder is being heard also: boom Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
- to make or produce a loud noise The river thundered belowThe engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle
noun
- a deep prolonged loud noise also: boom, roar, roaring
- a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
- street names for heroin also: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, skag, scag
thunder in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The roar of the sea and wind was still like thunder in the air.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Oh, I pray for them: The violent thunder is adored by those Are pasht in pieces by it.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Rain in abundance, which, however, much cooled the air; with thunder and lightening, caused in me a terrible surprise.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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With that, even as the thunder of voices began, he felt himself lifted, swung to men's shoulders, carried forward.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The lightning flashed, the thunder rattled, fire bolts fell from heaven, burning up the forests and even the fields of corn.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1