THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

Meaning of THUNDER AND LIGHTNING in English

(n): knock like thunder, run like lightning: knocking at a door and running away (ireland sleng)

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THUNDER-AND-LIGHTNING — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective of apparel : of strongly contrasting colors : of a startling color
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING — sound and light during a heavy storm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHTNING — Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the air. …
Английский словарь Британика
THUNDER — I. ˈthəndə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English thoner, thonder, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlītniŋ, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lightning, lightening, from gerund of lihtenen, lightenen to lighten — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUNDER — — thunderer , n. — thunderless , adj. /thun"deuhr/ , n. 1. a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — /luyt"ning/ , n. , v. , lightninged, lightning , adj. n. 1. a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THUNDER — I. ˈthən-dər noun Etymology: Middle English thoner, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old High German thonar thunder, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlīt-niŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of lightenen to lighten Date: 13th century 1. : the flashing of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUNDER — noun to utter violent denunciation. 2. thunder ·noun any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. 3. thunder ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
THUNDER — [thun.der] n [ME thoner, thunder, fr. OE thunor; akin to OHG thonar thunder, L tonare to thunder] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTNING — [light.ning] n [ME, fr. gerund of lightenen to lighten] (13c) 1: the flashing of light produced by a discharge of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THUNDER — sound caused by a lightning discharge. The discharge heats and expands the air around it and forms a compression wave …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — the visible discharge of atmospheric electricity that occurs when a region of the atmosphere acquires an electrical charge, or potential …
Britannica English vocabulary
THUNDER — thunder BrE AmE ˈθʌnd ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ thunder|ed d ▷ thundering/ly ˈθʌnd‿ ə r ɪŋ /li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — lightning BrE AmE ˈlaɪt nɪŋ ▶ ˈ lightning bug BrE AmE ▶ ˈ lightning con ˌ ductor BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THUNDER — / ˈθʌndə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. the loud noise that you hear after …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — / ˈlaɪtnɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ U ] a flash, or several flashes, of very bright …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUNDER — I. thun ‧ der 1 /ˈθʌndə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thunor ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTNING — I. light ‧ ning 1 /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: lighten 'to become less dark' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THUNDER — n. & v. --n. 1 a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THUNDER — n. & v. n. 1 a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THUNDER — n. & v. --n. 1. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Oxford English vocab
THUNDER — ( thunders, thundering, thundered) 1. Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — 1. Lightning is the very bright flashes of light in the sky that happen during thunderstorms. One man died when …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUNDER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a face like thunder (= a very angry expression ) ▪ The boss had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at/with lightning speed (= very quickly ) ▪ He moved with his usual lightning …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THUNDER — [verb], [noun] [U] - (to make a noise like) the sudden loud noise which comes after a flash of lightning …
Cambridge English vocab
LIGHTNING — [noun] [U] - a flash of bright light in the sky which is produced by electricity moving between clouds or …
Cambridge English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — Synonyms and related words : Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, ball lightning, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUNDER — See: BLOOD AND THUNDER, STEAL ONE'S THUNDER.
Slang English vocab
THUNDER — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ The ~ was getting louder and louder. ▪ rolling , rumbling ▪ distant ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ball , forked , sheet ▪ Forked ~ flickered across the sky. ▪ heat ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THUNDER — n. 25B6; noun thunder and lightning : THUNDERCLAP, roll/rumble of thunder, crack/crash of thunder; poetic/literary thunderbolt. the ceaseless thunder of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUNDER — See: BLOOD AND THUNDER, STEAL ONE'S THUNDER.
Словарь английских идиом
THUNDER — [Native American] Thunder is generally regarded as a natural manifestation of power. Thunderer is the personification of the Thunder spirit. …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
THUNDER — is hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September; hence it was selected …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
THUNDER — noun BAD : I heard a terribly loud noise, like a thunder. GOOD : I heard a terribly loud noise, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THUNDER — 1. сущ. 1) гром clap, peal, roll of thunder ≈ удар, раскат грома a deafening clap of thunder ≈ оглушительный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes ≈ молния сверкает lightning strikes ≈ молния ударяет ball lightning ≈ шаровая молния forked lightning …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUNDER — thunder.ogg 1. ʹθʌndə n 1. 1> гром faint loud thunder - слабые сильные раскаты грома crash /clap/ of thunder - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTNING — lightning.ogg 1. ʹlaıtnıŋ n 1. молния summer /heat/ lightning - зарница sheet lightning - сплошная молния chain(ed) lightning - зигзагообразная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band lightning - beaded lightning - distant lightning - multiple-stroke …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LIGHTNING — молния, молниевый antenna lightning protector — радио разрядник антенный comb lightning arrester — гребенчатый разрядник line-type lightning arrester — линейный разрядник - beaded lightning - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THUNDER — 1. ʹθʌndə n 1. 1> гром faint loud thunder - слабые сильные раскаты грома crash /clap/ of thunder - удар …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — 1. ʹlaıtnıŋ n 1. молния summer /heat/ lightning - зарница sheet lightning - сплошная молния chain(ed) lightning - зигзагообразная молния …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THUNDER — 1. сущ. 1) гром clap, peal, roll of thunder — удар, раскат грома a deafening clap of thunder — оглушительный …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes — молния сверкает lightning strikes — молния ударяет stroke of lightning — удар молнии sheet …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THUNDER — 1. сущ. 1) гром clap, peal, roll of thunder — удар, раскат грома a deafening clap of thunder — оглушительный раскат грома thunder booms, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes — молния сверкает lightning strikes — молния ударяет stroke of lightning — удар молнии sheet lightning — зарница at lightning speed, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THUNDER — 1. _n. 1> гром 2> грохот, шум 3> _pl. резкое осуждение, угрозы (обыкн. со стороны газет, официальных лиц и т. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIGHTNING — _n. молния; - like lightning - with lightning speed - at lightning speed - summer lightning - heat lightning
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIGHTNING — n. молния; - like lightning - with lightning speed - at lightning speed - summer lightning - heat lightning
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIGHTNING — _n. молния; like lightning, with (или at) lightning speed с быстротой молнии, молниеносно; summer (или heat) lightning зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
THUNDER — 1) гром 2) отдаленная гроза - thunder bolt - thunder shower - thunder storm
Англо-Русский морской словарь
LIGHTNING — 1) молния 2) искра [c gray](а) - lightning arrester - lightning conductor - lightning discharge - lightning installation - lightning …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
THUNDER — 1. сущ. 1) гром clap, peal, roll of thunder ≈ удар, раскат грома a deafening clap of thunder ≈ оглушительный …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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