Thunder
noun
The loud noise in the sky that comes after lightning during a storm.
The storm was so close that the thunder was deafening.
Often appears as...
- roar of thunder
- sound of thunder
verb
To make a loud, deep noise.
The truck thundered down the road.
Often appears as...
- thunder down
- thunder past
verb
To say something very loudly and angrily.
She thundered at him about his carelessness.
Often appears as...
- thunder against
- thunder at
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Disapproving
noun
The loud noise in the sky that comes after lightning during a storm.
The storm was so close that the thunder was deafening.
Often appears as...
- roar of thunder
- sound of thunder
verb
To make a loud, deep noise.
The truck thundered down the road.
Often appears as...
- thunder down
- thunder past
verb
To say something very loudly and angrily.
She thundered at him about his carelessness.
Often appears as...
- thunder against
- thunder at
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3After Lightning
Thunder follows lightning; use it to describe timing within storms.
We saw the flash, then heard the thunder seconds later.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Power
Used metaphorically to convey a show of strength or a powerful event.
The leader's speech came like thunder, inspiring awe in the crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Fear or Excitement
Thunder can evoke different emotions, like fear in some and thrill in others.
Despite the intense thunder, the children were thrilled by the storm.
Pro Tip 1/3After Lightning
Thunder follows lightning; use it to describe timing within storms.
We saw the flash, then heard the thunder seconds later.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Power
Used metaphorically to convey a show of strength or a powerful event.
The leader's speech came like thunder, inspiring awe in the crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Fear or Excitement
Thunder can evoke different emotions, like fear in some and thrill in others.
Despite the intense thunder, the children were thrilled by the storm.
Pro Tip 1/3After Lightning
Thunder follows lightning; use it to describe timing within storms.
We saw the flash, then heard the thunder seconds later.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Power
Used metaphorically to convey a show of strength or a powerful event.
The leader's speech came like thunder, inspiring awe in the crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Fear or Excitement
Thunder can evoke different emotions, like fear in some and thrill in others.
Despite the intense thunder, the children were thrilled by the storm.
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Your elusive creative...
paper and a pencil fast enough so that when it thundered through her she could collect it and grab it on the page and other times she wouldn't be fast enough so she'd be like running and running and running and the she wouldn't get to the house and the poem would like barrel through her and she would miss it and she said it would continue on across the
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Your elusive creative...
fast enough so that when it thundered through her, she could collect it and grab it on the page. And other times she wouldn't be fast enough, so she'd be running and running, and she wouldn't get to the house and the poem would barrel through her and she would miss it and she said it would continue on across the landscape,
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How did clouds get their...
Howard identified seven cloud types, but these have since been expanded to ten, cloud nine being the towering cumulonimbus thunder cloud, which is probably why being on cloud nine means to be on top of the world. Howard's classification had an immediate international impact.
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Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
You just need to step outside, pay attention to what's so commonplace, so everyday, so mundane that everybody else misses it. One cloud that people rarely miss is this the cumulonimbus storm cloud. It's what's produces thunder and lightning and hail.
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First Look PIPE Category 6
death of thunder and lightning and then that fear turned into intense passion and i've been storm chasing ever since all right let's go our goal is to understand why these storms are becoming more intense hopefully we can take that information
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The myth of the stolen...
They followed them upriver deep into the jungle to a lagoon that thundered with the sound of flapping fish. The whole village set up camp by the lagoon, bringing barbasco, a poison they would put in the water to stun the fish.
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Everything you hear on...
Now, sound effects can tap into our emotional memory. Occasionally, they can be so significant that they become a character in a movie. The sound of thunder may indicate divine intervention or anger.
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Scared Willie PIPE Dog...
said this dog isn't aggressive he's afraid and I don't know what it came from it you know he's he's really afraid of firecrackers and thunder and it could have been something like back to that
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The Cambodian myth of...
As the weapon flew through the air it cut through clouds, creating deep, rolling peals of thunder. And when the lightning and thunder mixed, precious seeds of water fell from rain.
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A Collection Of Wild...
avalanches as snow thunders down the mountainside mammals are often buried beneath it's thought wolverines can sniff out frozen carcasses even deep beneath the snow
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Your elusive creative...
paper and a pencil fast enough so that when it thundered through her she could collect it and grab it on the page and other times she wouldn't be fast enough so she'd be like running and running and running and the she wouldn't get to the house and the poem would like barrel through her and she would miss it and she said it would continue on across the
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
fast enough so that when it thundered through her, she could collect it and grab it on the page. And other times she wouldn't be fast enough, so she'd be running and running, and she wouldn't get to the house and the poem would barrel through her and she would miss it and she said it would continue on across the landscape,
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
Howard identified seven cloud types, but these have since been expanded to ten, cloud nine being the towering cumulonimbus thunder cloud, which is probably why being on cloud nine means to be on top of the world. Howard's classification had an immediate international impact.
Video examples
Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
You just need to step outside, pay attention to what's so commonplace, so everyday, so mundane that everybody else misses it. One cloud that people rarely miss is this the cumulonimbus storm cloud. It's what's produces thunder and lightning and hail.
Video examples
First Look PIPE Category 6
death of thunder and lightning and then that fear turned into intense passion and i've been storm chasing ever since all right let's go our goal is to understand why these storms are becoming more intense hopefully we can take that information
Video examples
The myth of the stolen...
They followed them upriver deep into the jungle to a lagoon that thundered with the sound of flapping fish. The whole village set up camp by the lagoon, bringing barbasco, a poison they would put in the water to stun the fish.
Video examples
Everything you hear on...
Now, sound effects can tap into our emotional memory. Occasionally, they can be so significant that they become a character in a movie. The sound of thunder may indicate divine intervention or anger.
Video examples
Scared Willie PIPE Dog...
said this dog isn't aggressive he's afraid and I don't know what it came from it you know he's he's really afraid of firecrackers and thunder and it could have been something like back to that
Video examples
The Cambodian myth of...
As the weapon flew through the air it cut through clouds, creating deep, rolling peals of thunder. And when the lightning and thunder mixed, precious seeds of water fell from rain.
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
avalanches as snow thunders down the mountainside mammals are often buried beneath it's thought wolverines can sniff out frozen carcasses even deep beneath the snow
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Quote examples
Michael Anthony
American Musician
It was never so much the heavy metal thunder that got me. I was into players who played with taste and did these walking bass parts. If you can play like that, it really opens up the music. You can't just pound away. After a while it's like, 'So what? What else you got?
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
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Sol Campbell
English Businessman
Sometimes I am the 'philosophical professor, or I can do the voice like thunder if necessary... or if I want to keep the lads on their toes I might sit back and give them a thousand-yard stare.
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Charisma Carpenter
American Actress
Social media is a double-edged sword. I've gotten in trouble for announcing, too soon, something that the network or the studio wanted to do, and it steals some of the thunder, so to speak.
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Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
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Pat Burns
Canadian Coach
Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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Eubie Blake
American Composer
Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
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Alfred M. Gray
General
I go where the sound of thunder is.
Quote examples
Michael Anthony
American Musician
It was never so much the heavy metal thunder that got me. I was into players who played with taste and did these walking bass parts. If you can play like that, it really opens up the music. You can't just pound away. After a while it's like, 'So what? What else you got?
Quote examples
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
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Sol Campbell
English Businessman
Sometimes I am the 'philosophical professor, or I can do the voice like thunder if necessary... or if I want to keep the lads on their toes I might sit back and give them a thousand-yard stare.
Quote examples
Charisma Carpenter
American Actress
Social media is a double-edged sword. I've gotten in trouble for announcing, too soon, something that the network or the studio wanted to do, and it steals some of the thunder, so to speak.
Quote examples
Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Quote examples
Pat Burns
Canadian Coach
Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
Quote examples
Eubie Blake
American Composer
Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
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Alfred M. Gray
General
I go where the sound of thunder is.
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