| NOUN | event | thunder, boom, roar, roaring | a deep prolonged loud noise |
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| event | thunder | a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning | |
| artifact | thunder, big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, skag, scag | street names for heroin | |
| VERB | motion | thunder | move fast, noisily, and heavily |
| communication | thunder, roar | utter words loudly and forcefully | |
| weather | thunder, boom | be the case that thunder / thunder is being heard | |
| communication | thunder | to make or produce a loud noise |
| Sounds | thah'nder | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | A deep prolonged loud noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | boom, roar, roaring | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | estruendo, retumbo, trueno | |
| Catalan | tro | |
| Adjectives | thunderous | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss |
| Verbs | thunder | utter words loudly and forcefully |
| thunder | to make or produce a loud noise | |
| thunder | move fast, noisily, and heavily | |
| Meaning | A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning. | |
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| Narrower | thunderclap | A single sharp crash of thunder |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | trueno | |
| Catalan | tro | |
| Adjectives | thundery | accompanied with thunder |
| Verbs | thunder | be the case that thunder / thunder is being heard |
| Meaning | street names for heroin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, skag, scag | |
| Broader | heroin, diacetylmorphine | A narcotic that is considered a hard drug |
| Usage of | street name | slang for something (especially for an illegal drug) |
| Spanish | azúcar morena, Big H, dama blanca, heroína, H, polvo blanco, scag, skag, trueno | |
| Catalan | scag | |
| Meaning | Move fast, noisily, and heavily. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | Cars thunder in the streets; The streets thunder with cars | |
| Example | "The bus thundered down the road" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | rugir, tronar | |
| Catalan | rugir, tronar | |
| Nouns | thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise |
| Meaning | Utter words loudly and forcefully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | roar | |
| Broader | shout | utter in a loud voice |
| Spanish | bramar, decir a gritos, roncar, rugir, vociferar | |
| Catalan | baladrejar, bruelar, cridar, dir a crits, roncar, rugir, vociferar | |
| Nouns | thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise |
| Meaning | Be the case that thunder / thunder is being heard. | |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing | |
| Model | It was thundering all day long | |
| Example | "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" | |
| Synonym | boom | |
| Entails | storm | blow hard |
| Spanish | rugir, tronar | |
| Catalan | rugir, tronar | |
| Nouns | thunder | a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning |
| Meaning | To make or produce a loud noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The cars thunder down the avenue | |
| Example | "The river thundered below" | |
| Broader | roar, howl | make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles |
| Spanish | rugir, tronar | |
| Catalan | rugir | |
| Nouns | thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise |
| thunderer | a noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder | |
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