thunderbolt

Etymology

From thunder + bolt.

noun

  1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
  2. (figurative) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
    News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.
  3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
  4. (soccer) A very powerful shot.
    Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton. February 5, 2011, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, in BBC
  5. (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  6. (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
  7. A daring or irresistible hero.

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