hurricane
Forms
- Plural
- hurricanes
- present (v1)
- hurricane
- past (v2)
- hurricaned
- past participle (v3)
- hurricaned
- present participle
- hurricaning
- 3rd person singular
- hurricanes
Definitions
1.A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
- Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane.
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.
- Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
- An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
3.A great forceful onrush.
- A movement of women who wanted to win greater rights had to be able to move forward against a hurricane of lesbian-baiting from the political establishment of the Cold War capitalists.
4.A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
1.To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
- I guess it did storm. I guess it hurricaned.
- So I got inside my 'possum-skin, it hurricaned an' snowed, And I started for the Deepot, and lit out for his abode.
- Through the night it rained, hurricaned; sashes rattled; the chimney smoked; a lobby-door was ajar, and kept banging to and fro.
2.To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
- The Super nodded wisely, 'I agree, constable. See to it, Forbes!' and with that hurricaned out.
- Angela Stripe was a force of nature. Bold and brave and brassy in a warm way, she never breezed in, she hurricaned.
- They must have told him I was ready for visitors; he hurricaned into the room, slung a chair away from the wall and banged it down next to the bed.
3.To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
- "A clean home is a good home," she'd say as she hurricaned from room to room with vacuum cleaner and feather duster, hands gauntleted in Marigolds.
- Lara was running in and out of shops, her brain buzzing, ticking off items as she hurricaned through open doors to the sound of jingle bells and fifties crooners.
- There were still spots on the mirror I had cleaned and tiny bits of newspaper were stuck in its edges where I had hurricaned through in my initial cleaning frenzy.
4.To swirl quickly and violently.
- A whole swirl of turnarounds hurricaned from him.
- Kona responded as air hurricaned out of the bay and water rushed in.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2592
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Taíno *hurakābor.
Spanish huracánbor.
English hurricane
Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.