thundering

English

Verb

thundering

1. Present participle of thunder.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     ...Mr. Crofts (that was the name of my brute) was gone out of the house, after waiting till he had tired his patience for Mrs. Brown's return, they came thundering up-stairs...

Adjective

thundering (comparative more thundering, superlative most thundering)

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

   A thundering amount of work

4. Awesomely great, intense, or unusual.

Noun

thundering (plural thunderings)

1. (archaic) thunderstorm