Thunder

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To utter violent denunciation.

II. Thunder ·noun Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

III. Thunder ·noun The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

IV. Thunder ·noun An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.

V. Thunder ·noun Fig.: To make a loud noise; ·esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.

VI. Thunder ·vt To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

VII. Thunder ·noun The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

VIII. Thunder ·noun To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity;

— often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.