thundering

Etymology 1

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of thunder

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
  2. Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
  3. (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

Etymology 2

From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

noun

  1. 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
  2. (archaic) A thunderstorm.

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