1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; — often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him Job xl. 9.
2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. Milton.
3. To utter violent denunciation.
THUNDER
Thun"der, v. t.
Defn: To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish,
as a threat or denunciation.
Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. Dryden.
An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical
censure. Ayliffe.
THUNDERBIRD
Thun"der*bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
THUNDERBOLT
Thun"der*bolt`, n.
1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.
2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war. Dryden.