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thunderplump

thunderplump noun: a sudden rainy thunderstorm.

Noun

thunderplump (plural thunderplumps)

  1. (Scotland) A sudden rainy thunderstorm.
    • The seeds did not germinate in many parts of a row until rains in end of June and thunderplumps in first week of July brought them up later in patches, so that no second sowing was necessary, but singling was done by stages.1916, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 241
    • There was a real thunderplump. The rain was just coming down in sheets so's the water was dripping over my ears and you couldn't use the Walkman.2015, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, page 46

Forms of thunderplump

pluralthunderplumps

Questions about thunderplump

What does thunderplump mean?
Thunderplump means a sudden rainy thunderstorm.
What part of speech is thunderplump?
Thunderplump is a noun.
What is the plural of thunderplump?
The plural of thunderplump is thunderplumps.

Words near thunderplump in the dictionary

  1. thunderous
  2. thunderously
  3. thunderousness
  4. thunderpeal
  5. thunderpeals
  6. thunderplump
  7. thunderplumps
  8. thunderproof
  9. thunders
  10. thundershock
  11. thundershocks

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