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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thundering  \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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thundering  \Thun"der*ing\,  n. 
  Thunder.  --Rev.  iv  5. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thundering 
  adj  1:  sounding  like  thunder;  "the  thundering  herd" 
  2:  extraordinarily  big  or  impressive;  "a  thundering  success"; 
  "the  thundering  silence  of  what  was  left  unsaid" 




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