Transcription
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- [thuhn-der-bohlt]
- /ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt/
- /ˈθʌn.də.bəʊlt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [thuhn-der-bohlt]
- /ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt/
Definitions of thunderbolt word
- noun thunderbolt a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder. 1
- noun thunderbolt an imaginary bolt or dart conceived as the material destructive agent cast to earth in a flash of lightning: the thunderbolts of Jove. 1
- noun thunderbolt something very destructive, terrible, severe, sudden, or startling. 1
- noun thunderbolt a person who acts with fury or with sudden and irresistible force. 1
- noun thunderbolt lightning and thunder 1
- noun thunderbolt sth sudden 1
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Origin of thunderbolt
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, thunderbolt is from the late Middle English word thondre bolte. See thunder, bolt1
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Parts of speech for Thunderbolt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thunderbolt popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thunderbolt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thunderbolt
noun thunderbolt
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- astoundment — the state of being astounded
- cracking — You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
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