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thunderplumps

thunderplumps is the plural of thunderplump.

Meaning of thunderplump

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

Questions about thunderplumps

What is thunderplumps the plural of?
Thunderplumps is the plural of thunderplump.

Words near thunderplumps in the dictionary

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

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