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Thunderer

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Noun

1. jupiter tonans, thunderer

an epithet for Jupiter

2. thunderer

a noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thunderer

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noun
1. 
a loud cracking or deep rumbling noise caused by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases which are suddenly heated by lightning
2. 
any loud booming sound
3. rare
a violent threat or denunciation
4.  steal someone's thunder
verb
5. 
to make (a loud sound) or utter (words) in a manner suggesting thunder
6. (intr; with it as subject)
to be the case that thunder is being heard
7. (intransitive)
to move fast and heavily
the bus thundered downhill
8. (intransitive)
to utter vehement threats or denunciation; rail

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Thunderer

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noun
1. 
the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge
2. 
any loud, rumbling sound like this
3. 
a threatening, menacing, or extremely vehement utterance
4.  Archaic
a thunderbolt
verb intransitive
5. 
to produce thunder
usually in the impersonal construction [it is thundering]
6. 
to make, or move with, a sound like thunder
7. 
to make vehement speeches, denunciations, etc.
verb transitive
8. 
to say in a thundering voice
9. 
to strike, drive, etc. with the sound or violence of thunder

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thunderer

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n.
1. The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning.
2. A sound that resembles or suggests thunder.
v. thun·dered, thun·der·ing, thun·ders
v.intr.
1. To produce thunder.
2. To produce sounds like thunder.
3. To move while making a loud noise: The express train thundered past us.
4. To utter loud, vociferous remarks or threats.
v.tr.
To express violently, commandingly, or angrily; roar.

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