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thundering

verb

Etymology

From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

  1. inherited from þunring — “thundering; thunder”
  2. inherited from thundryng

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of thunder

    • ...Mr. Crofts (that was the name of my brute) was gone out of the house, after waiting till he had tired his patience for Mrs. Brown's return, they came thundering up-stairs...

  2. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.

  3. Producing a noise or effect like thunder

    Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Very great

      Very great; extraordinary.

      • “I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown.

    2. A loud percussive sound, like thunder.

      • I listened while God seemed to speak through the thunderings of the great cataract before me.

    3. A thunderstorm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA