A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
Used in a Sentence
thundering
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thundering.
Editorial note
All you need is one algo to stupidly misjudge sentiment and you create a thundering herd.
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Definitions4
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Quick take
A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of thundering gathered in one view.
Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for thundering.
noun
A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
See also: impressive, noisy
adjective
Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
See also: impressive, noisy
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
See also: impressive, noisy
noun
(archaic) A thunderstorm.
See also: impressive, noisy
Example sentences
All you need is one algo to stupidly misjudge sentiment and you create a thundering herd.
It was a high snowpack year and the falls were thundering and true to the trail's name, blowing mist everywhere.
At one point they were starting hundreds of instances due to some of our aggressive inter-app traffic (thundering herd problem).
They introduce massive thundering huge frameworks every other year as some spectacularly big deal, and then drop them soon after.
Takes a thundering lot more transistors (admittedly no diodes) and the noise budget and fanout aren't as easy but it'll work...
When Mac went to OS X, a lot of developers came thundering back to Apple.
It seems like this could help solve the thundering herd problem [0][1][2], no?
If a tram rolls by, it doesn't make an aggressive sound like a thundering bus, it rolls with a gentle rumble, sometimes ringing bells.
Absolutely when they run that opening credits with Vangelis's music thundering out I thought finaly some one really really gets SF.
It seems odd to leave off any discussion about DNS TTLs, and the risk that something like 8.8.8.8 could end up sending them a thundering herd.
Don't fall prey to the thundering herd problem.
Even with a line of trees and other houses between the tracks and my bedroom, you can still hear the trains go thundering by, regardless of the time of day.
Quote examples
We have tested bringing it offline to make sure the "thundering herd" problem is mitigated.
You have to tune it or you have the "thundering herd" problem.
One of the core beliefs of Orthodox Judaism is that God appeared at Mount Sinai and said in a thundering voice, "Yeah, it's all true." From a Bayesian perspective that's some darned unambiguous evidence of a superhumanly powerful entity...
I was once at a company where the VP asked me for an introduction to someone and I said "how do I know that he'll be treated better than the prior 2 people I referred to the company" and I got a thundering silence in return.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use thundering in a sentence?
All you need is one algo to stupidly misjudge sentiment and you create a thundering herd.
What does thundering mean?
A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
What part of speech is thundering?
thundering is commonly used as noun, adjective.