What is the meaning of thundering?

verb

  • Move fast, noisily, and heavily.
    • usage: "The bus thundered down the road"
  • Utter words loudly and forcefully.
    • usage: "`Get out of here,' he roared"
  • Be the case that thunder is being heard.
    • usage: "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
  • To make or produce a loud noise.
    • usage: "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"

adjective

  • Sounding like thunder.
    • usage: "the thundering herd"
  • Extraordinarily big or impressive.
    • usage: "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
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