Thunder | Mean of thunder in English Dictionary

/ˈθʌndɚ/

• Noun
• the very loud sound that comes from the sky during a storm
1. Her dog is afraid of thunder.
2. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed/crashed.
3. Suddenly there was a loud clap of thunder.
4. We could hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.
• a loud noise that sounds like thunder
1. the thunder of horses' hooves
2. the distant thunder of cannon fire
3. She accepted the award to a thunder of applause.
• a face that looks very angry
1. He burst into the room with a face like thunder.

• to prevent someone from having success or getting a lot of attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or say
1. I didn't mean to steal your thunder, but I just had to tell your mom about your promotion.
• Verb
• to produce thunder
1. The sky thundered and the rain poured down.
2. It was raining and thundering all night.
• to make a loud sound like the sound of thunder
1. Guns thundered in the distance.
2. a thundering waterfall
• to move in a way that makes a very loud sound
1. Horses thundered down the road.
2. Jets thundered overhead.
3. Trucks thundered past on the highway.
• to shout (something) very loudly
1. The crowd thundered [=roared] its approval.
2. “How dare you come into my house!” he thundered.