thunder-snow n.— «The storms brought brief wind gusts of up to 50 m.p.h. and some areas reported cases of thunder-snow.» —“Fast Moving Thunder-Snow Storms Hit Philly Area” by Kathy Orr KYW-TV (Philadelphia, Pa...
perp
n.— «Frightened by the noise of the thunder, Perp tries to reach Andy.» —“Mark Trail” in comic Syracuse Herald-Journal (N.Y.) May 30, 1958. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
thunder run n. a high-speed military convoy using offensive tactics and heavy weaponry to reach a destination; generally, a route or trip involving extreme effort or danger. Editorial Note: This term dates from at least as early as the Vietnam War...
thunder run n.— «They were called Thunder Runs, high-speed gauntlet races by the mechanized infantry units of the army’s 1st Infantry Division along Highway 13, northwest of Saigon. The tactic was used to throw off the Viet Cong and North...
thunder run n.— «At night the outposts scattered along the route, consisting of a few vehicles and an infantry squad, were vulnerable to attack, so continuous patrols known as “thunder runs” were maintained. A run involved...
thunder run n.— «“Looks to me like a ‘Thunder Run,’” I said, recalling reconnaissance-in-force operations of that name I’d seen near the Y Bridge in Vietnam in 1968.…A “Thunder Run” was a unit of armor and...