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thunder
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[ˈθʌndə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air
(e.g: there was a crash of thunder)
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Origin
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Old English thunor (noun), thunrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch donder and German Donner (noun), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tonare ‘to thunder’
[ˈθʌndə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- thunder sounds
(e.g: it began to thunder)
- speak loudly and forcefully or angrily, especially to denounce or criticize
(e.g: he thundered against the evils of the age)
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Origin
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Old English thunor (noun), thunrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch donder and German Donner (noun), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tonare ‘to thunder’
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