THUNDERSTRIKE


Meaning of THUNDERSTRIKE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌstrīk ]

transitive verb

( thun·der·struck -ˌstrək ; -struck also thun·der·strick·en -ˌstri-kən ; thun·der·strik·ing -ˌstrī-kiŋ)

Date: circa 1586

1. : to strike dumb : astonish

was thunderstruck at the news

2. archaic : to strike by or as if by lightning

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.