Crossword clues for thunderstruck
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. Thunderstruck; p. p. Thunderstruck, -strucken; p. pr. & vb. n. Thunderstriking.]
To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
--Sir P. Sidney.-
To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
drove before him, thunderstruck.
--Milton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
WordNet
adj. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied]
Wikipedia
"Thunderstruck" is the lead single on the 1990 album The Razors Edge by Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
The song was released as a single in Germany, Australia, and Japan, and peaked at No. 5 on U.S. the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. In 2010, "Thunderstruck" topped Triple M's Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Melbourne, Australia. The top five were all AC/DC songs.
With the exception of new material from an album they are touring behind, this is one of the only two songs released after For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) that the band still performs live in concert, the other being " Rock 'N' Roll Train".
Thunderstruck is a 2004 Australian film starring Stephen Curry, Damon Gameau, Ryan Johnson, Callan Mulvey, and Sam Worthington. The title of the movie was taken from the AC/DC song of the same name. The films revolves around five AC/DC fans who make a promise that if one of them died, the other four would have him buried next to grave of their idol, Bon Scott. When one of them dies, the remaining four embark on a road trip to fulfill their promise.
Thunderstruck may refer to:
- "Thunderstruck" (song), the first song on the 1990 AC/DC album The Razors Edge
- Thunderstruck (2004 film), a 2004 film about a group of AC/DC fans
- Thunderstruck (2012 film), a 2012 film about basketball
- Thunderstruck, a 2006 book of narrative non-fiction by Erik Larson
- Thunderstruck (story collection), a 2014 short story collection by Elizabeth McCracken that won the Story Prize.
Thunderstruck is a 2012 children's film starring Taylor Gray, along with professional basketball player Kevin Durant, Brandon T. Jackson, Doc Shaw and Jim Belushi, and directed by John Whitesell. It was released on August 24, 2012.
Thunderstruck (2014) is a short story collection by American author Elizabeth McCracken. It won the Story Prize in 2014. The collection was also on the long list for the National Book Award.
Sylvia Brownrigg described it as a "restorative, unforgettable collection" in the New York Times.
Usage examples of "thunderstruck".
I was thunderstruck, and if I had been still in love, this antidote would have been sufficiently powerful to cure me instanter.
I was thunderstruck at the impudence of the fellow, who, after imposing on me so long, had himself put me in a position to discover his deceit.
Thunderstruck, Nev watched her go, and the men with him muttered warning comments.
Daulo with his mouth hanging open, Akim only marginally less thunderstruck.
Doctor Fearnaught, watching all this thunderstruck from where he sat, suddenly stood up.
He leaped and came to Katya to take Leonid from her, hurrying the pilot out the door, past thunderstruck Ivan.
Pyramids of Egypt, the marketplace in old Tangiers, maybe an island off the coast of Formosa, or Turtleback Lane in Lovell on a thunderstruck afternoon in the summer of 1977.
Dick Varley stood for a few seconds as if thunderstruck, while the bear stood hissing at him.
I was thunderstruck at the impudence of the fellow, who, after imposing on me so long, had himself put me in a position to discover his deceit.
Threw myself on the back of Bluegrass Prince and snatched loose the reins from a thunderstruck groom and was away.
I set myself to answer it, and was almost thunderstruck to find the task, for the first time, a painful one.
Memmo was thunderstruck (for a Venetian noble conversing with a foreign ambassador becomes guilty of treason to the state), and ran in hot haste from Ancilla's room, I after him, but on the stair he met the ambassador, who, seeing his distress, burst into a laugh, and passed on.
I gave her the word, which belonged to no language that I know of, and the marchioness was quite thunderstruck.
The singer touched his forehead in salute to the boy as he hurried to the crowd, having mistaken Jimmys astonishment at Carlines and Martins remarks for his being thunderstruck by the Princesss beauty.
The hideous creature rushed at them, bowling over the thunderstruck Tynian and falling on Bevier, clawing and biting at his armour.