Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thundering"
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)
Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, a.
1. Emitting thunder.
Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. --J.
Trumbull.
2. Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] --
{Thun"der*ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, n.
Thunder. --Rev. iv. 5.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thundering
adj 1: sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd"
2: extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success";
"the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
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