n.
1.a deep prolonged loud noise
2.a state of economic prosperity
3.a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
4.a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
5.any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring boom v.
1.make a resonant sound, like artillery
2.hit hard
3.be the case that thunder is being heard
4.make a deep hollow sound
5.grow stronger
Idiom of the Day
go straight
to become an honest person, to lead an honest life
The man was in prison for two years but now he wants to go straight.