THUNDERING

thundering

(adjective) extraordinarily big or impressive; “a thundering success”; “the thundering silence of what was left unsaid”

thundering

(adjective) sounding like thunder; “the thundering herd”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

thundering

present participle of thunder

Adjective

thundering (comparative more thundering, superlative most thundering)

Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.

Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.

(colloquial) Very great; extraordinary.

• G. K. Chesterton

Etymology 2

Noun

thundering (plural thunderings)

A loud percussive sound, like thunder.

(archaic) A thunderstorm.

Anagrams

• underthing

Source: Wiktionary

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Thun"der*ing, a.

1. Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull.

2. Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv.

Thun"der*ing, n.

Definition: Thunder. Rev. iv. 5.

THUNDER

Thun"der, n. Etym: [OE. , , , AS. ; akin to to stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG. donar, Icel. Thor, L. tonare to thunder, tonitrus thunder, Gr. tan to stretch. *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.

2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.] The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend. Shak.

3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation. The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes. Prescott. Thunder pumper. (Zoöl.) (a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens). (b) The American bittern or stake-driver.

– Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.] -- Thunder snake. (Zoöl.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake. (b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis, or Celuta, amoena) native to the Eastern United States;

– called also worm snake.

– Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.

Thun"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Thundering.] Etym: [AS. . 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. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him Job xl. 9.

2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. Milton.

3. To utter violent denunciation.

Thun"der, v. t.

Definition: To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation. Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. Dryden. An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure. Ayliffe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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