THUNDER, THUNDERBOLT, THUNDERING
ADJECTIVES
1603 — SULPHUROUS pert. to thunder and lightning → poetic usage
1611 — SULPHURY pert. to thunder and lightning
1624 — FULMINEOUS pertaining to thunder or lightning
1635 — FULMINOUS relating to thunder and lightning
1744 — GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain → Eng. dial.
1746 — BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder → Eng. dial.
1748 — CERAUNIC pertaining to or accompanied by thunder and lightning
1882 — TONITRUOUS full of thunder, loud noise, or violent utterance
1905 — THUNDRIFIED thundery → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNNERY-LIKE portending thunder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 — TONITRUANT thundering, loud
NOUNS
1374 — DINT a stroke of thunder → obs.
1375 — FIRE-FLAUGHT lightning, a flash of lightning; a storm of thunder and lightning → orig. Sc.
1429 — FUDDER lightning; a thunderbolt → Sc.
1563 — FULMEN a thunderbolt
1563 — THUNDER-THUMP a thunderbolt → obs.
1607 — SULPHUR thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. → obs.
1623 — FULMINATION the act of thunder and lightning
1640 — AFTER-ROLL a second or subsequent roll of thunder
1734 — THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning → Amer. dial.
1768 — SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower → Sc.
1770 — WHACKER anything abnormally large or notable of its kind; a big lie; a heavy blow, a thump
1772 — GUST a thunderstorm; heavy rain → Amer. dial.
1790 — DINDER thunder → Eng. dial.
1790 — DINDEREX a thunderbolt → Eng. dial.
..19C — EARTH-DIN thunder → Sc.
1803 — REEL a loud noise; a vibrating peal; a clap of thunder → Sc.
1807 — FULMINANT a thunderbolt; an explosive
1821 — THUNDER-PLUMP a heavy thunderstorm → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning → Amer. dial.
1830 — FIRE OF HEAVEN a thunderbolt; a flash of lightning
1849 — THUNGE a loud, hollow sound; the report of a gun, or of a loud peal of thunder; a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound → Eng. dial.
1858 — THUNDER-BALL a thunderbolt → Eng. dial.
1866 — DENT a ‘stroke’ or clap of thunder → Eng. dial.
1867 — TEMPEST a storm, esp. a thunderstorm, but without the accompaniment of high wind → Eng. dial.
1873 — ASTRAPHOBIA a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
1879 — RATTLEY-BAGS thunder → Eng. dial.
1894 — COCK-EYE — COCK-EYE BOB — COCK-EYED BOB — COCKY BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia → Aust.
1899 — THUNDER-SPEET a thunderstorm → Sc.
1905 — BRONTOPHOBIA an intense dread of thunder and thunderstorms
1905 — THUNDER-BRATTLE the sound of thunderclaps following one another in quick succession → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-BRUST a sudden thunderclap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-FLAUGHT a flickering gleam among thunder-clouds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-GOWL the grumbling of distant thunder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-PASH a thunder-shower → Ireland (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-SHOWER a thunderstorm → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-SPLATS the large, heavy drops that fall from a thunder-cloud → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THUNDER-WARKS the sick, faint feelings experienced by some people in thundery weather → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIORDIN thunder → Sc. (Bk.)
1906 — AFTERCLAP a second or further clap of thunder
1911 — BOMACIE a thunderstorm → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOWT a thunderbolt → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRASH a sudden gust, shower, or thunderclap → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 — BREAD-WAGON a thunder-clap → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — CORN-WAGON a thunder-clap → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — LORD’S BREAD-WAGON thunder → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — NUBBIN KILLER thunder → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1942 — THUNDERATION thunder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1950 — THUNDERBUSTER a thunder-cloud, a thunderstorm, a very heavy rain → Amer. dial.
1956 — BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning → Amer. dial.
1968 — WHITE THUNDER thunder at a distance → Amer. dial.
1969 — ELECTRIC CLOUD a thunder cloud; an electrical storm → Amer. dial.
1984 — THUNDERBOOMER a thunder-cloud; a thunderstorm; a very heavy rain → Amer. dial.
1990 — UP AND UNDER thunder → rhyming sl.
1991 — CERAUNOPHOBIA — KERAUNOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning (Bk.)
1991 — TONITROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of thunder and thunderstorms (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1623 — AIRY-DEVIL in demonology: the one responsible for thunderstorms → obs.
PHRASES
1955 — THERE’S THE MUD WAGON said when the rumble of thunder is heard → Amer. dial.
1985 — SOUNDS LIKE POTATO WAGONS ROLLING AROUND THE HEAVENS said of thunder → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1590 — FULMINE to emit thunder or lightning → obs.
1602 — FULMINATE to emit thunder and lightning
1637 — THUNDER-THUMP to thump or beat with thundering strokes → obs.
1666 — TONITRUATE to thunder
1727 — GROWL of thunder: to rumble
..19C — THUNDER-SHOOT to strike or destroy by a thunderbolt or lightning → obs.
1877 — REEL of thunder: to peal → Sc.
1911 — BRATTLE to peal as thunder → Sc. (Bk.)
1939 — GUST to storm, to thunder → Amer. dial.