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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
thundering en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.
Meanings
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Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
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Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
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(colloquial) Very great; extraordinary.
“I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown.
1927, G. K. Chesterton, The Secret of Father Brown:
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Deriveds
thunderingly
Translations (2)
es tronante (of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder) · es tronador (of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder)
thundering en · ADV · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.
Meanings
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(colloquial) Very great; extraordinarily.
"As long as there are any of us left sound and healthy we've got a chance - a thundering good chance."
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 112:
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thundering herd
thundering en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of thunder
...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], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
thundering en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.
Meanings
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A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
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:
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(archaic) A thunderstorm.
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