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单词 thunder-plump
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Definition of thunder-plump in English:

thunder-plump

noun
Northern Irish, Scottish

  • A heavy and sudden shower of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning.

    a very heavy thunder-plump in summer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unlike last year's thunder-plump that sent the crowd packing, the humid evening kept the estimated 900 people there until the end.
    • Within 15 minutes a large black cloud looms, which soon produces a thunderplump.
    • A thunder-plump caused flooding in the town.
    • The crop always seems to be drying up and then down comes another thunder-plump.
    • There comes a thunderplump of rain.
    • Another thunderplump cascaded down on him just as he was about to hit his tee shot at the tenth.

Origin

Early 19th century: from thunder + plump2.
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