# thundering

Pronunciation: US say "THUN-der-ing" /ˈθʌndəɹɪŋ/; UK say "THUN-duh-ring" /ˈθʌndəɹɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Producing a noise, or an effect, like that of thunder.
   - Simple: Making a noise like thunder, or having an effect like thunder.
   - _The thundering roar of the falls drowned out every voice on the bridge._
   - _The boxer landed a thundering right hook in the third round._
4. Relating to thunder, or occurring together with thunder.
   - Simple: Having to do with thunder, or happening along with thunder.
   - _The hikers turned back as the skies above the ridge grew dark and thundering._
   - _A thundering summer storm flooded the streets within minutes._
5. Very great or extraordinary in amount or degree. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Very big or very great, much more than usual.
   - _His mistake had a thundering lot to do with how the project fell apart._
   - _Missing the last ferry turned out to be a thundering stroke of luck._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of thunder. — present participle and gerund of thunder
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of thunder. Use it after words like is or was, or to name the action.
   - _A freight train came thundering through the crossing just after midnight._
   - _The coach stood on the sideline, thundering orders at his players._

## Noun

3. A loud, percussive sound resembling thunder.
   - Simple: A loud, booming sound like thunder.
   - _The thundering of hooves grew louder as the herd crossed the valley._
   - _The thunderings of the surf against the sea wall kept us awake._

## Noun

6. A storm accompanied by thunder and lightning. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A storm with loud thunder and flashes of lightning.
   - _The night's thundering brought down two old oaks and flooded the lower road._
   - _After a week of heat, a thundering swept in from the west with hail and wind._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2, 4–5** — From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.
**Meanings 3, 6** — From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

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