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thundereth

thundereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thunder.

Meaning of thunder

Verb

thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders, present participle thundering, simple past and past participle thundered)

  1. (impersonal) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
    • It thundered continuously.
  2. (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
    • The train thundered along the tracks.
  3. (ergative) To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
    • Senseless years thunder by / Millions are willing to give their lives for you / Does nothing live on?1983, “Forbidden Colours”, in David Sylvian (lyrics), Ryuichi Sakamoto (music), Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, performed by David Sylvian
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
    • "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.
  5. To produce something with incredible power.
    • Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2011

See all 11 meanings of thunder

Origin of thundereth

thunder + -eth

Questions about thundereth

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Thundereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thunder.

Words near thundereth in the dictionary

  1. thunderegg
  2. thundereggs
  3. thunderer
  4. thunderers
  5. thunderest
  6. thundereth
  7. thunderfish
  8. thunderflash
  9. thunderflashes
  10. thunderflies
  11. thunderfly

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