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.
An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
The spotlight.
Shortly after I announced my pregnancy, he stole my thunder with his news of landing his dream job.
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
It thundered continuously.
To make a noise like thunder.
The train thundered along the tracks.
To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
"Get back to work at once!", he thundered.
To produce something with incredible power