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Adjective: thundering  thún-du-ring
  1. Sounding like thunder
    "the thundering herd"
     
  2. Extraordinarily big or impressive
    "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
Verb: thunder  thún-du(r)
  1. Move fast, noisily, and heavily
    "The bus thundered down the road"
     
  2. Utter words loudly and forcefully
    "'Get out of here,' he thundered";
    - roar
     
  3. Be the case that thunder is being heard
    "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed";
    - boom
     
  4. To make or produce a loud noise
    "The river thundered below"

See also: impressive, noisy

Type of: howl, move, roar, shout

Encyclopedia: Thundering

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