thunder (redirected from thundering)

risk of rain and risk of showers; risk of thunder(-storms)

a chance of precipitation. (Used only in weather forecasting. There is no "risk" of hazard or injury involved.) And for tomorrow, there is a slight risk of showers in the morning. There is a 50 percent risk of rain tonight.

See also: rain, risk

steal someone's thunder

Fig. to lessen someone's force or authority. What do you mean by coming in here and stealing my thunder? I'm in charge here! someone stole my thunder by leaking my announcement to the press.

See also: steal

thunder something out

Fig. to respond with words spoken in a voice like thunder. He thundered the words out so everyone could hear them. He thundered out the words.

See also: out

thunder across something

Fig. to move across something, making a rumbling sound. The jets thundered across the sky, heading for their home base. As the race car thundered across the track, people strained to get a better view.

See also: across

thunder past someone or something

Fig. to move past someone or something, rumbling. As the traffic thundered past, I wondered why there was so much of it. The train thundered past the sleeping town.

See also: past

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blood and thunder

a speech or performance that is loud and full of emotion, especially anger We sat through 2 hours of blood and thunder and came out feeling exhausted.

See also: and, blood

have a face like thunder  also look like thunder

to have a very angry expression I don't know what had happened but he had a face like thunder. She didn't say anything but she looked like thunder.

See steal thunder

See also: face, have, like

steal somebody's thunder

to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done

Usage notes: In the 17th century the writer John Dennis built a machine which made sounds like thunder for one of his plays, but the idea was copied by someone else and used in another play.

I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn't want to steal her thunder.

See also: steal