adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
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Standard Lemma guide
thundering
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adj
Meaning 2
Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
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adj
Meaning 3
Very great; extraordinary.
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Usage: colloquial
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adv
Meaning 4
Very great; extraordinarily.
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Usage: colloquial
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noun
Meaning 5
A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
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noun
Meaning 6
A thunderstorm.
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Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of thunder
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
extraordinarily big or impressive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a thundering success
- the thundering silence of what was left unsaid
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
sounding like thunder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- the thundering herd
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History
Etymology
From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.
From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.
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