LIKE THUNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does like thunder mean? 

• LIKE THUNDER (adverb)
  The adverb LIKE THUNDER has 1 sense:

1. (informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis

  Familiarity information: LIKE THUNDER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIKE THUNDER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis

Synonyms:

like crazy; like hell; like mad; like sin; like the devil; like thunder

Context example:

fought like the devil

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

His voice was like thunder in our little house.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wind roared like thunder, and blew with such force that it was with difficulty that even strong men kept their feet, or clung with grim clasp to the iron stanchions.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

September 9th, the ice began to move, and roarings like thunder were heard at a distance as the islands split and cracked in every direction.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A few seconds later a roar like thunder burst upon our ears, and as the smoke thinned away there was no sign left of the Gloria Scott.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Lion became quite angry at the laughter caused by the Scarecrow's mishap, and giving a loud roar that echoed like thunder, he dashed up the hill.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

There was a red cloud before me, and a noise like thunder, and the mist seemed to steal away under the door.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)