If you steal someone's thunder, you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do. He had no intention of letting the Foreign Secretary steal any of his thunder
This is a signal that the world is coming to an end Hoomans remain amazingly calm during thunderstorms, so it is necessary to warn them of the danger by trembling uncontrollably, panting, rolling your eyes wildly, and following at their heels
The sound that results from lightning Lightning bolts (static electricity) produce intense heat This burst of heat makes the air around the bolt expand explosively, producing the sound we hear as thunder Since light travels faster than sound, we see the lightning before we hear the thunder
often referred to in Scripture (Job 40: 9; Ps 77: 18; 104: 7) James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3: 17) In Job 39: 19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg , "shaking") Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex 19: 16) It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37: 2; Ps 18: 13; 81: 7; comp John 12: 29) In answer to Samuel's prayer (1 Sam 12: 17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine
a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity
If something thunders, it makes a very loud noise, usually continuously. She heard the sound of the guns thundering in the fog. thundering applause. = resound
If something or someone thunders somewhere, they move there quickly and with a lot of noise. A lorry thundered by