# thunderbolt

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/ · frequency rank #25,947

## Definitions
1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
2. An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
4. A very powerful shot.
5. A belemnite, or thunderstone.
6. A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
7. A daring or irresistible hero.

## Etymology
From thunder + bolt.

## Common misspellings (18)
`htunderbolt`, `thhunderbolt`, `thnuderbolt`, `thudnerbolt`, `thundderbolt`, `thundebrolt`, `thunderbbolt`, `thunderblot`, `thunderbollt`, `thunderboltt`, `thunderbotl`, `thunderoblt`, `thunderrbolt`, `thundrebolt`, `thunedrbolt`, `thunnderbolt`, `tthunderbolt`, `tuhnderbolt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thunderbolt