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thundershower

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: TH AH1 N D ER0 SH AW2 W ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The thundershower poured down on us as we ran home, but returned to a drizzle after several minutes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rainstorm

History

Etymology

From thunder + shower.