1. (

• thunder

) move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road" ;

2. (

• thunder ,
• roar ,

) utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" ;

3. (

• thunder ,
• boom

) be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" ;

4. (

• thunder ,

) to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle" ;

1. (

• thundering

) sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd" ;

2. (

• thundering

) extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid" ;