Thunder
- In Batak, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
- In English, roll, rumble
- In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
- In German, groll, grummel
- In Japanese, goro goro ゴロゴロ
- In Russian, tararam тарарам, tram-tararam трам-тарарам
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Famous quotes containing the word thunder:
“You will trail across the rocks
and wash them with your salt,
you will curl between sand-hills
you will thunder along the cliff
break retreat get fresh strength
gather and pour weight upon the beach.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)
“Here falling houses thunder on your head,
And here a female atheist talks you dead.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)