thunderbolt

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
2. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
4. A very powerful shot.
5. A belemnite, or thunderstone.
6. A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
7. A daring or irresistible hero.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To strike with a thunderbolt.
2. (rare) To move swiftly and violently.

Sinonieme

lightning

thunder

🌩️

bolt

bolt of lightning

thunderclap

flash

Indra’s weapon

log

bombshell

devil's finger

clay

levin

lightning strike

love at first sight

meteorite

stroke of lightning

lightning stroke

bolt agril

Vertalings

rayo

fulmine

κεραυνός

foudre

Blitz

yıldırım

relámpago

raio

saetta

folgore

coup de foudre

bliksem

relâmpago

éclair

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From thunder + bolt.