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thunder

verb
 
 
/ˈθʌn.dər/ US  /-dɚ/

Definition

[I] When it thunders, a loud noise comes from the sky: The sky grew dark and it started to thunder.Stormy weatherWind and winds [I + adv/prep] to move, making a lot of noise: The train thundered past, shaking the whole house.General words for movementNoise and noisy [I] to shout angrily: [+ speech] "I never want to see you here again!" he thundered.Shouting and screaming thundering
 
 
/-ɪŋ/ noun [U]
We could hear the thundering (= continuous loud noise) of the guns all night.Noise and noisy
(Definition of thunder verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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