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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl.
9.
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2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some
continuance.
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His dreadful voice no more
Would thunder in my ears. --Milton.
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3. To utter violent denunciation.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]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.
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2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
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The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
--Shak.
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3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
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4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
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The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
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Thunder pumper. (Zool.)
(a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.

Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.]

Thunder snake. (Zool.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn.
Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States;
-- called also worm snake.

Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to
publish, as a threat or denunciation.
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Oracles severe
Were daily thundered in our general's ear. --Dryden.
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An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an
ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe.
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WordNet Thunder
n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring]
2: a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along
the path of a bolt of lightning
3: street names for heroin [syn: big H, hell dust, {nose
drops}, smack]
v 1: move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the
road"
2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he
roared" [syn: roar]
3: be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it
thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" [syn: boom]
4: to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered
below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to
full throttle"

Moby Dictionary
Bedlam let loose , Donar , Indra , Jupiter Tonans , Thor ,
awake the dead , bark , bawl , bedlam , bellow , blare , blare forth ,
blast , blast the ear , blat , blaze , blaze abroad , blazon ,
blazon about , blubber , bobbery , boom , booming , brawl , bray ,
breathe , brouhaha , buzz , cackle , celebrate , chant , charivari ,
chirm , chirp , clamor , clangor , clap , clatter , commotion , coo ,
crack , cracking , crash , crashing , crescendo , crow , cry , cry out ,
deafen , declaim , deep , denounce , din , discord , donnybrook , drawl ,
dread rattling thunder , drunken brawl , dustup , echo , exclaim ,
execrate , explode , explosion , fill the air , flap , flute , fracas ,
free-for-all , fulminate against , fulmination , gasp , growl ,
growling , grumble , grumbling , grunt , hell broke loose , herald ,
herald abroad , hiss , howl , hubbub , hue and cry , hullabaloo ,
intimidate , jangle , keen , lilt , loud noise , menace , mumble , murmur ,
mutter , noise , noise and shouting , outcry , pandemonium , pant , peal ,
peal of thunder , pealing , pipe , proclaim , promulgate , racket ,
rail at , rattle , rattle the windows , reboation , rebound , reecho ,
rend the air , rend the ears , resound , resounding , reverberate ,
reverberation , rhubarb , ring , rise , roar , roaring , rock the sky ,
roll , row , ruckus , ruction , rumble , rumbling , rumpus , scream ,
screech , shindy , shivaree , shout , shriek , sibilate , sigh , sing ,
snap , snarl , snort , sob , split the eardrums , split the ears ,
squall , squawk , squeal , startle the echoes , stun , surge , swear at ,
swell , threaten , thunder forth , thunderclap , thundercrack ,
thundering , thunderpeal , thundershower , thundersquall ,
thunderstorm , thunderstroke , tintamarre , trumpet , trumpet forth ,
tumult , twang , uproar , wail , warble , whine , whisper , yap , yawp ,
yell , yelp

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.