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Scottish word of the day: Thunderplump
People take refuge from a thunderplump. Picture: Robert Perry
LEAVE it to Scots to come up with a marvellously descriptive word for a sudden downpour of rain and accompanying roll of thunder.
“We got caught in a thunderplump and we’re absolutely drookit”
A thunderplump tends to be preceded by ‘thunder drops’, the fat, scattered raindrops that herald impending meteorological havoc.
Another example of usage can be taken from the journal of Sir Walter Scott, who wrote: “We went to Preston, and took refuge from a thunder-plump in the old tower.”
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Weather for Edinburgh
Thursday 23 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 5 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 5 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: North east
