thunderbolt
Meanings
noun
- A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
- An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- A very powerful shot.
- A belemnite, or thunderstone.
- 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.
verb
- To strike with a thunderbolt.
- To move swiftly and violently.
name
- A computer interface standard for connecting devices, combining PCI Express, DisplayPort and DC power in one connector.
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Etymology
From thunder + bolt.
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