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Webster 1913 Edition
Thundering
Thun′der-ing
,Adj.
1.
Emitting thunder.
Roll the
thundering
chariot o’er the ground. J. Trumbull.
2.
Very great; – often adverbially.
[Slang]
– Thun′der-ing-ly
, adv.
Thun′der-ing
,Noun.
Thunder.
Rev. iv. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thundering
THUN'DERING
,ppr.
THUN'DERING
,Noun.
Entreat the Lord that there by no more mighty thunderings and hail. Ex.9.
Definition 2024
thundering
thundering
English
Verb
thundering
- present participle of thunder
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
- ...Mr. Crofts (that was the name of my brute) was gone out of the house, after waiting till he had tired his patience for Mrs. Brown's return, they came thundering up-stairs...
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
Adjective
thundering (comparative more thundering, superlative most thundering)
- Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
- Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
- (colloquial) Very great; extraordinary.
- G. K. Chesterton
- “I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown.
- G. K. Chesterton
Noun
thundering (plural thunderings)
- A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
- 1833, Bela Bates Edwards, Memoir of the Rev. Elias Cornelius (page 275)
- I listened while God seemed to speak through the thunderings of the great cataract before me.
- 1833, Bela Bates Edwards, Memoir of the Rev. Elias Cornelius (page 275)
- (archaic) A thunderstorm.