thunder
thunder is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
- noun. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
- noun. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
- noun. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
- noun. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
- noun. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
- noun. To utter violent denunciation.
- transitive verb. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
- noun. street names for heroin
- noun. a deep prolonged loud noise
- noun. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
- verb. utter words loudly and forcefully
"`Get out of here,' he roared"
- verb. to make or produce a loud noise
"The river thundered below"
"The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
- verb. move fast, noisily, and heavily
"The bus thundered down the road"
- verb. be the case that thunder is being heard
"Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
Synonyms
scag, skag, smack, boom, roar, roaring
Common word forms
thunders, thundered, thunderer, thunderful, thundering, thunderous, thunderless
Words from these letters
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