thunderbolt

== English == === Etymology === From thunder +‎ bolt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/ === Noun === thunderbolt (plural thunderbolts) A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. (soccer) A very powerful shot. (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone. (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter. A daring or irresistible hero. ==== Derived terms ==== thunderbolt beetle ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== lightning bolt thunderclap thunderstroke === Verb === thunderbolt (third-person singular simple present thunderbolts, present participle thunderbolting, simple past and past participle thunderbolted) (transitive, rare) To strike with a thunderbolt. (rare) To move swiftly and violently.