- (n.) An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
- (v.t.) To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
- (n.) Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
- (n.) To utter violent denunciation.
- (n.) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
- (n.) Fig.: To make a loud noise; especially a heavy sound, of some continuance.
- (n.) The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
- (n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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