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hurricane

/ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/

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What does hurricane mean?

noun

  1. A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
  2. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
  3. (figuratively) A great forceful onrush.
More meanings (20)

noun

  1. A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
  2. "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
  3. (historical) A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.

verb

  1. To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
  2. To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
  3. To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
  4. To swirl quickly and violently.
  5. To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
  6. To cause an uproar.
  7. To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently.
  8. To chase violently or rush after and force along.

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.
  2. An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  3. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
  4. An unincorporated community in Crooked Creek Township, Bollinger County, Missouri.
  5. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina.
  7. A city in Washington County, Utah.
  8. A city in Putnam County, West Virginia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin.
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No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
About eleven o’clock I was awakened by a horrible uproar, as a hurricane of wind suddenly swept over from the opposite shore.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
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It was blowing a hurricane, the temperature was -70 F., and the drift-snow was so thick as to be wall-like in opacity.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
Typhœus, the whirlwind or typhoon, has a hundred dragon or serpent heads, the long writhing strive of vapour which run before the hurricane cloud.
S. (Sabine) Baring-GouldThe Book of Were-WolvesProject Gutenberg ebook #5324
I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317