thundershower en · NOUN
Etymology
From thunder + shower.
Meanings
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A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The thundershower poured down on us as we ran home, but returned to a drizzle after several minutes.
[S]ometimes, like the priests of Baal in the Bible, he would cut himself with knives till the blood fell upon the ground in great drops suggestive of an oncoming thunder-shower.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 72:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thundershowers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |