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thunder thighs

thunder thighs noun: fat thighs or thighs of great cellulite or stretch marks.

Noun (1)

thunder thighs pl (plural only)

  1. (derogatory, often, plural, plural-only) Fat thighs or thighs of great cellulite or stretch marks.
    • How much art and science would it take to sculpt her formless putty into a classically chiseled profile, to raise her pendulous breasts, thin her thunder thighs, flatten her wattled stomach, remake her into the image that men called beautiful?2014, Olivia Goldsmith, Flavor of the Month, Diversion Publishing Corp., →ISBN
    • The bulging biceps were exposed and his thunder thighs showed through his fitted black slacks; it made me want to touch him all over to see if he was real.2015, Mary B. Morrison, If I Can't Have You, Kensington Books, →ISBN

Noun (2)

thunder thighs

  1. (derogatory, often) A person, usually a woman, with fat thighs.
    • I just got schooled by a fifth grader, I think in amazement as the four-foot-nothing fireball jogs down the court, arms akimbo, stomach heaving up and down. “Ha-ha, there goes thunder thighs!”2011, Camille Noe Pagan, The Art of Forgetting: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN
    • Whoa Scott, you really shouldn't be eating Janet's donuts!
      Haha, don't worry, miss "thunder thighs" could do without the extra--2015 January 6, Chris Hallbeck, “Donuts”, in Maximumble (comic)

Origin of thunder thighs

From the idea of a heavy person making thunderous noise while walking.

Questions about thunder thighs

What does thunder thighs mean?
Thunder thighs means fat thighs or thighs of great cellulite or stretch marks.
What part of speech is thunder thighs?
Thunder thighs is a noun.

Words near thunder thighs in the dictionary

  1. thunder snake
  2. thunder snakes
  3. thunder stick
  4. thunder sticks
  5. thunder tea rice
  6. thunder thighs
  7. thunder tube
  8. thunder tubes
  9. thunder word
  10. thunder words
  11. thunder-box

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