1. (n.) The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

2. (n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

3. (n.) Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

4. (n.) An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.

5. (n.) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.

6. (n.) Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.

7. (n.) To utter violent denunciation.

8. (v. t.) To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

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