Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 38
Thumped (imp. & p. p.) of Thump.
Thumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thump.
Thump (v. t.) To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. -- Shak.
Thump (v. i.) To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. -- Swift.
Thump (n.) A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud].
Thump (n.) A heavy blow with the hand.
Thump (v.) Move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat, pound, thump].
Thump (v.) Make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" [syn: thud, thump].
Thump (v.) Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, pound, poke].
Thumper (n.) One who, or that which, thumps.
Thumping (a.) Heavy; large. [Colloq.]
Thumping (a.) (Used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping].
Thumping (n.) A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud].
Thunder (n.) [U] 雷，雷聲；[C] [U] 似雷的響聲，轟隆聲 The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
Thunder (n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend. -- Shak.
Thunder (n.) Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
Thunder (n.) An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes. -- Prescott.
Thunder pumper. (Zool.) (a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens).
Thunder pumper. (Zool.) (b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
Thunder rod, A lightning rod. [R.]
Thunder snake. (Zool.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
Thunder snake. (Zool.) (b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis amoena syn. Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States; -- called also worm snake.
Thunder tube, A fulgurite. See Fulgurite.
Thundered (imp. & p. p.) of Thunder.
Thundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thunder.
Thunder (v. i.) [Q]（以it為主詞）打雷；發出雷鳴般響聲；轟隆隆地移動 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.
Thunder (v. i.) Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. -- Milton.
Thunder (v. i.) To utter violent denunciation.
Thunder (v. t.) [（+out）] 轟隆地發出； 砰然重擊；[（+at）] 厲聲發出（威脅，警告等）吼出 To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. -- Dryden.
An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure. -- Ayliffe.
Thunder (n.) A deep prolonged loud noise [syn: {boom}, {roar}, {roaring}, {thunder}].
Thunder (n.) A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning.
Thunder (n.) Street names for heroin [syn: {big H}, {hell dust}, {nose drops}, {smack}, {thunder}, {skag}, {scag}].
Thunder (v.) Move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road".
Thunder (v.) Utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" [syn: {thunder}, {roar}].
Thunder (v.) Be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" [syn: {thunder}, {boom}].
Thunder (v.) To make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle".
Thunder, () Often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Ps. 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine.
Thunder (n.) (B1) [ U ] 雷，雷聲 The sudden loud noise that comes from the sky especially during a storm.
// A clap of thunder.
// Thunder and lightning.
Thunder (n.) [ S ] 雷鳴般的響聲，轟隆聲 A continuous loud noise.
// I couldn't hear what he was saying over the thunder of the waterfall.
Thunder (v.) [ I ] 打雷 When it thunders, a loud noise comes from the sky.
// The sky grew dark and it started to thunder.
Thunder (v.) [ I + adv/ prep ] 轟隆隆地移動 To move, making a lot of noise.
// The train thundered past, shaking the whole house.
Thunder (v.) [ I ] 怒吼 To shout angrily.
// [ + speech ] "I never want to see you here again!" he thundered.
Thunderbird (n.) (Zool.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
Thunderbird (n.) (Mythology) The spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird.
Thunderbird, () A complete free, open-source e-mail client from the Mozilla Foundation and therefore a true code descendent of the e-mail code in Netscape Navigator. The first non-{beta release} was in late 2004.
The Firefox web browser is from the same source. Thunderbird Home (2005-01-26)
Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.
Thunderbolt (n.) Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war. -- Dryden.
Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication. -- Hakewill.
Thunderbolt (n.) (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), A long-horned beetle ({Arhopalus fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black, with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra.
Thunderbolt (n.) A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn: thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning].
Thunderbolt (n.) A shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap].
Thunderbolt, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 2340
Housing Units (2000): 1096
Land area (2000): 1.273892 sq. miles (3.299364 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.178161 sq. miles (0.461435 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.452053 sq. miles (3.760799 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76364
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.032111 N, 81.051733 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Thunderburst (n.) A burst of thunder.
Thunderclap (n.) A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. "Thunderclaps that make them quake." -- Spenser.
When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. -- Dryden.
Thunderclap (n.) A single sharp crash of thunder.
Thunderclap (n.) A shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap].
Thundercloud (n.) A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.
Thundercloud (n.) A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms [syn: cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud].
Thunderer (n.) One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.
That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer. -- Pope.
Thunderer (n.) An epithet for Jupiter [syn: Jupiter Tonans, Thunderer].
Thunderer (n.) A noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder.
Thunderfish (n.) (Zool.) A large European loach ({Misgurnus fossilis).
Thunderhead (n.) A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.
Thunderhead (n.) A rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm.
Thundering (a.) Emitting thunder.
Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. -- J. Trumbull.
Thundering (a.) Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv.
Thundering (n.) Thunder. -- Rev. iv. 5.
Thundering (a.) Sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd".
Thundering (a.) Extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid".
Thunderless (a.) Without thunder or noise.
Thunderous (a.) Producing thunder. [R.]
How he before the thunderous throne doth lie. -- Milton.
Thunderous (a.) Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous. -- Thun"der*ous*ly, adv.
Thunderous (a.) Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery].
Thunderous (a.) Extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import".
Thunderproof (a.) Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.
Thundershower (n.) [C] 雷陣雨 A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Thundershower (n.) A short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Thunderstone (n.) （從前認為是雷電發射下的）箭石，化石；【古】雷電 A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.
Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunderstone. -- Shak.
Thunderstone (n.) (Paleon.) A belemnite. See {Belemnite}.
Thunderstorm (n.) [C] 大雷雨；暴雷雨 A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Thunderstorm (n.) A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning [syn: {thunderstorm}, {electrical storm}, {electric storm}].
Thunderstorm (n.) [ C ] (A2) 雷雨，雷暴 A storm with thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain.
Thunderstorm (n.) 雷暴 A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, lightning storm, or thundershower, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.[1] Thunderstorms occur in association with a type of cloud known as a cumulonimbus. They are usually accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain, and sometimes snow, sleet, hail, or, in contrast, no precipitation at all. Thunderstorms may line up in a series or become a rainband, known as a squall line. Strong or severe thunderstorms, known as supercells, rotate as do cyclones. While most thunderstorms move with the mean wind flow through the layer of the troposphere that they occupy, vertical wind shear sometimes causes a deviation in their course at a right angle to the wind shear direction.
Thunderstorms result from the rapid upward movement of warm, moist air, sometimes along a front. As the warm, moist air moves upward, it cools, condenses, and forms a cumulonimbus cloud that can reach heights of over 20 kilometres (12 mi). As the rising air reaches its dew point temperature, water vapor condenses into water droplets or ice, reducing pressure locally within the thunderstorm cell. Any precipitation falls the long distance through the clouds towards the Earth's surface. As the droplets fall, they collide with other droplets and become larger. The falling droplets create a downdraft as it pulls cold air with it, and this cold air spreads out at the Earth's surface, occasionally causing strong winds that are commonly associated with thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms can form and develop in any geographic location but most frequently within the mid-latitude, where warm, moist air from tropical latitudes collides with cooler air from polar latitudes.[2] Thunderstorms are responsible for the development and formation of many severe weather phenomena. Thunderstorms, and the phenomena that occur along with them, pose great hazards. Damage that results from thunderstorms is mainly inflicted by downburst winds, large hailstones, and flash flooding caused by heavy precipitation. Stronger thunderstorm cells are capable of producing tornadoes and waterspouts.
There are four types of thunderstorms: single-cell, multi-cell cluster, multi-cell lines, and supercells. Supercell thunderstorms are the strongest and most severe. Mesoscale convective systems formed by favorable vertical wind shear within the tropics and subtropics can be responsible for the development of hurricanes. Dry thunderstorms, with no precipitation, can cause the outbreak of wildfires from the heat generated from the cloud-to-ground lightning that accompanies them. Several means are used to study thunderstorms: weather radar, weather stations, and video photography. Past civilizations held various myths concerning thunderstorms and their development as late as the 18th century. Beyond the Earth's atmosphere, thunderstorms have also been observed on the planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and, probably, Venus.
Thunderstruck (imp.) of Thunderstrike.
Thunderstruck (p. p.) of Thunderstrike.
- strucken () of Thunderstrike.
Thunderstriking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thunderstrike.
Thunderstrike (v. t.) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
Drove before him, thunderstruck. -- Milton.
Thunderstruck (a.) As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken].
Thunderworm (n.) (Zool.) A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower. Thundery
Thundery (a.) Accompanied with thunder; thunderous. [R.] "Thundery weather." -- Pennant.
Thundrous (a.) Thunderous; sonorous. "Scraps of thunderous epic." -- Tennyson.
Thunny (n.) (Zool.) The tunny. [R.]
Thurgh (prep.) Through. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Thurghfare (n.) Thoroughfare. [Obs.]
This world is but a thurghfare full of woe. -- Chaucer.
Thurible (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services. -- Fairholt.
Thurible (n.) A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) [syn: censer, thurible].
Thuriferous (a.) Producing or bearing frankincense.
Thurification (n.) The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.
Thuringian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. -- n. A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
Thuringian (n.) A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
Thuringite (n.) (Min.) A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.
Thurl (n.) A hole; an aperture. [Obs.]
Thurl (n.) (Mining) A short communication between adits in a mine.
Thurl (n.) (Mining) A long adit in a coalpit.
Thurl (v. t.) To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Thurl (v. t.) (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Thurling (n.) (Mining) Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).
Thurrok (n.) The hold of a ship; a sink. [Obs.]
Small drops of water that enter through a little crevice into the thurrok and into the bottom of a ship. -- Chaucer.
Thursday (n.) 星期四 The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
Holy Thursday. See under Holy.
Thursday (n.) The fifth day of the week; the fourth working day [syn: Thursday, Th].
Thurst (n.) (Coal Mining) The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls. -- Raymond.
Thus (n.) The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Thus (adv.) In this or that manner; on this wise.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. -- Gen. vi. 22.
Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth. -- Milton.
Thus (adv.) To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. -- Shak.
Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. -- Milton.
Thus (adv.) (Used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so].
Thus (adv.) In the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus, thusly, so].
Thus (n.) An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation [syn: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus].
Thusly (adv.) In the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus, thusly, so].
Thusly (adv.) 以這樣的方式 In this way.
// He summed up the challenge thusly: “The team has a big mountain to climb.”
Thussock (n.) See Tussock. [Obs.]
Thuja (n.) (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written also thuya.] See Thyine wood.
Note: Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vitae of the Eastern and Northern United States. Thuja gigantea of North-western America is a very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a useful timber.
Thuya (n.) (Bot.) Same as Thuja.
Thuyin (n.) (Chem.) A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin. [Written also thujin.]
Thwacked (imp. & p. p.) of Thwack.
Thwacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwack.
Thwack (v. t.) （用扁平的東西）用力打；重擊 To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." -- W. Irving.
Thwack (v. t.) To fill to overflow. [Obs.] -- Stanyhurst.
Thwack (n.) 拍打；重擊；拍打聲；重擊聲 A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old iron rang. -- Hudibras.
Thwack (n.) A hard blow with a flat object.
Thwack (v.) Deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack].
Thwaite (n.) (Zool.) The twaite.
Thwaite (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Note: Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
Thwart (a.) 橫放的，橫著的；【舊】執拗的，固執的 Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. -- Milton.
Thwart (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Thwart (adv.) 【古】橫跨著，橫過 Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Thwart (prep.) 【古】橫跨，橫過 Across; athwart. -- Spenser.
Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
Thwart (n.) (Naut.) [C] 【船】橫座板，划手座；獨木舟的橫樑 A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
Thwart (n.) A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat [syn: thwart, cross thwart]
Thwart (v.) Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk].
Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of Thwart.
Thwarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwart.
Thwart (v. t.) 反對，阻撓；使受挫折；挫敗；【舊】橫過，穿越 To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [Obs.]
Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. -- Milton.
Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. -- Shak.
The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. -- South.
Thwart (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles. -- Locke.
Thwarter (n.) (Far.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
Thwarter (n.) Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter].
Thwartingly (adv.) In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.
Thwartness (n.) The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
Thwite (v. t.) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Chaucer.
Thwittle (v. t.) To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Palsgrave.
Thwittle (n.) A small knife; a whittle. [Written also thwitel.] [Obs.] "A Sheffield thwittle." -- Chaucer.
Thou (pron.) The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.
Art thou he that should come? -- Matt. xi. 3.
Note: "In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty." -- Skeat.
Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou.
Thy (pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. -- Matt. vi. 9,10.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. -- Milton.
Thyine wood () (Bot.) The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. -- Rev. xviii. 12.
Thylacine (n.) (Zool.) The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Thylacine (n.) Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus].
Thymate (n.) (Chem.) A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.