Found 3 items, similar to thunderbolt.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: thunderbolt halilintar, petir
English → English (WordNet) Definition: thunderbolt thunderbolt n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn: bolt, bolt of lightning] 2: a shocking surprise; “news of the attack came like a bombshell” [syn: bombshell, thunderclap]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thunderbolt Thunderbolt \Thun"der*bolt`\, n. 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. [1913 Webster] 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. [1913 Webster] The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. [1913 Webster] He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster] 4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone. [1913 Webster] Thunderbolt beetle (Zo["o]l.), a long-horned beetle (Arhopalus fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black, with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]