How to pronounce“thunder”in English
Ever since humans saw lightning bolts light up the sky, ever since they were terrified by the sound of thunder, they've been asking, "Do the gods propel lightening bolts and create
thunder? Are they angry at us?" Scientists began to realize that the lightning bolts and the
thunder can be duplicated on the earth. That we can actually create mini lightning bolts using electricity.
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Definitions of “thunder”
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
“Thunder is preceded by lightning.”
A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
“Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.”
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
“It thundered continuously.”
To make a noise like thunder.
“The train thundered along the tracks.”
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