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thundering

 
Adjective thundering has 2 senses
  1. thundering - sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd"
    Antonym:
    quiet (indirect, via noisy)
  2. thundering - extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
    Antonym:
    unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
Verb thunder has 4 senses
  1. thunder - move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
    --1 is one way to
    move
    Derived form: noun thunder1
    Sample sentences:
    Cars thunder in the streets
    The streets thunder with cars
  2. thunder, roar - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
    --2 is one way to shout
    Derived form: noun thunder1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  3. thunder, boom - be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
    Derived form: noun thunder2
    Sample sentence:
    It was thundering all day long
  4. thunder - to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
    --4 is one way to
    roar, howl
    Derived forms: noun thunder1, noun thunderer2
    Sample sentence:
    The cars thunder down the avenue
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