Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thunder"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Thunder
often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7).
James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark
3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized
Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering
main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the
law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God
(Job 37:2; Ps. 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to
Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all
the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the
wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in
Palestine.
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)
Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See {Thin}, and cf. {Astonish},
{Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their
thunders bend. --Shak.
3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
{Thunder pumper}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
{Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.]
{Thunder snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis, or Celuta,
am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United States; --
called also {worm snake}.
{Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to
publish, as a threat or denunciation.
Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's
ear. --Dryden.
An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an
ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thunder
n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: {boom}, {roar}, {roaring}]
2: a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along
the path of a bolt of lightning
v 1: move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the
road"
2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he
roared." [syn: {roar}]
3: be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it
thunders, my dog crawls under the bed." [syn: {boom}]
4: to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered
below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to
full throttle."
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