thunder
1. a deep prolonged loud noise (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
boom, roar, roaring
• Derivationally related forms:
thunderous, roar (for: roaring), roar (for: roar), boom (for: boom)
• Hypernyms:
noise
2. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning (Freq. 5)
• Derivationally related forms:
thundery
• Hypernyms:
noise
• Hyponyms:
thunderclap
3. street names for heroin
• Syn:
big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, skag, scag
• Usage Domain:
street name
• Hypernyms:
heroin, diacetylmorphine
1. move fast, noisily, and heavily (Freq. 2)
- The bus thundered down the road
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Cars thunder in the streets
- The streets thunder with cars
2. utter words loudly and forcefully (Freq. 1)
- 'Get out of here,' he roared
• Syn:
roar
• Derivationally related forms:
roar (for: roar), roarer (for: roar), roaring (for: roar)
• Hypernyms:
shout
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. be the case that thunder is being heard
- Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
• Syn:
boom
• Entailment:
storm
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
- It was thundering all day long
4. to make or produce a loud noise
- The river thundered below
- The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle
• Derivationally related forms:
thunderer
• Hypernyms:
roar, howl
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The cars thunder down the avenue
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