Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - thunder
Thunder
thunder
n. & v. --n. 1 a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the expansion of rapidly heated air. 2 a resounding loud deep noise (thunders of applause). 3 strong censure or denunciation. --v. 1 intr. (prec. by it as subject) thunder sounds (it is thundering; if it thunders). 2 intr. make or proceed with a noise suggestive of thunder (the applause thundered in my ears; the traffic thundered past). 3 tr. utter or communicate (approval, disapproval, etc.) loudly or impressively. 4 intr. (foll. by against etc.) a make violent threats etc. against. b criticize violently. Phrases and idioms steal a person's thunder spoil the effect of another's idea, action, etc. by expressing or doing it first. thunder-box colloq. a primitive lavatory. Derivatives thunderer n. thunderless adj. thundery adj. Etymology: OE thunor f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English thoner, ~, from Old English thunor; akin to Old High German thonar ~, Latin tonare to ~ Date: before 12th century the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge, a loud utterance or threat, bang, rumble , II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to produce ~, to give forth a sound that resembles ~ , roar, shout, transitive verb to utter loudly ; roar, to strike with a sound likened to ~, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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