thunder

thunder
thunder
A n
1 Meteorol tonnerre m ; a clap ou peal of thunder un coup de tonnerre ; there's thunder in the air il y a de l'orage dans l'air ;
2 (noise) (of hooves) fracas m (of de) ; (of traffic) grondement m (of de) ; (of cannons, applause) tonnerre m (of de).
B vtr (shout) (also thunder out) hurler [command, order] ; ‘silence!,’ he thundered ‘silence!,’ dit-il d'une voix tonnante ; the crowd thundered their applause la foule a fait éclater un tonnerre d'applaudissements.
C vi
1 (roar) [person, cannon] tonner ; [hooves] faire un bruit de tonnerre (on sur) ; to thunder at ou against sb/sth tempêter contre qn/qch ;
2 (rush) to thunder along ou past passer dans un vacarme assourdissant or un bruit de tonnerre ; he came thundering down the stairs il a descendu l'escalier dans un vacarme assourdissant.
D v impers tonner.
Idioms
to steal sb's thunder couper l'herbe sous le pied de qn ; with a face like thunder, with a face as black as thunder l'air furieux.

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