The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of
princes.
Prescott.
Thunder pumper. (Zoöl.) (a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens). (b)
The American bittern or stake-driver. — Thunder rod, a lightning rod.
[R.] — Thunder snake. (Zoöl.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake. (b) A
small reddish ground snake (Carphophis, or Celuta, amœna) native to the
Eastern United States; — called also worm snake. — Thunder tube, a
fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
Thun"der (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Thundering.] [AS. þunrian. See Thunder, n.] 1. To produce thunder; to
sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; —
often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job xl. 9.