thunderbolt

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/

Etymology: By analogy with the speed and power of a thunderbolt.

A computer interface standard for connecting devices, combining PCI Express, DisplayPort and DC power in one connector.

Etymology: From thunder + bolt.

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
“Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]”
“And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow like that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him.”
An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
“News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.”
“the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war”
Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
“a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations”
A very powerful shot.
“Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton.”
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.

Etymology: From thunder + bolt.