Thunderbird

See also: thunderbird

English
A British Rail Class 57 Thunderbird locomotive

Etymology

The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθʌndə(ɹ).bɜː(ɹ)d/

Noun

Thunderbird (plural Thunderbirds)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of thunderbird
  2. (Britain, railway) a locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train.

Proper noun

Thunderbird

  1. (US, automotive) Ford Thunderbird
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