Meaning

3 senses
  1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.

    sounding like thunder

  2. Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.

  3. (colloquial)Very great; extraordinary.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. The jumbo jet touched down thundering.

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  2. He was thundering at the door.

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  3. It's thundering, but it's not raining.

    ruГром есть, а дождя нет.

    deEs donnert, aber regnet nicht.

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  4. It's thundering, but there's no rain.

    deEs donnert, aber regnet nicht.

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  5. Cannon fire is thundering in the distance.

    deIn der Ferne donnern Kanonenschüsse.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

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Forms

more thundering, most thundering
Comparativemore thundering Lesson
Superlativemost thundering Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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