transcription, транскрипция: [ θʌndə(r) ]
( thunders, thundering, thundered)
1.
Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of lightning, especially during a storm.
...a distant clap of thunder.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
When it thunders , a loud noise comes from the sky after a flash of lightning.
The day was heavy and still. It would probably thunder later.
VERB : it V
3.
The thunder of something that is moving or making a sound is the loud deep noise it makes.
The thunder of the sea on the rocks seemed to blank out other thoughts...
= roar
N-UNCOUNT : N of n
4.
If something or someone thunders somewhere, they move there quickly and with a lot of noise.
A lorry thundered by.
VERB : V prep / adv
5.
If something thunders , it makes a very loud noise, usually continuously.
She heard the sound of the guns thundering in the fog.
...thundering applause.
= resound
VERB : V , V-ing
6.
If you thunder something, you say it loudly and forcefully, especially because you are angry. ( WRITTEN )
‘It’s your money. Ask for it!’ she thundered...
The Prosecutor looked toward Napoleon, waiting for him to thunder an objection.
= bellow
VERB : V with quote , V n
7.
If you steal someone’s thunder , you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do.
He had no intention of letting the Foreign Secretary steal any of his thunder.
PHRASE : V inflects