waterspout

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Noun

waterspout (plural waterspouts)

1. a tornado that occurs over a body of water
2. a channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof

Quotations

water tornado

• 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay [1]

  Stanley turned over on his back and kicked with his legs till he was a living waterspout.

Translations

tornado that occurs over a body of water

• Arabic: تِنّين‎ (ar) (tinnīn) m
• Dutch: waterhoos (nl) f

• French: trombe (fr) f
• Spanish: tifón (es) m

channel through which water is discharged

• Dutch: waterspuwer (nl) m
• German: Wasserspeier (de) m

• Japanese: 雨樋 (ja) (あまどい, amadoi)
• Latin: columna (la) f

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• Jèrriais: jet dg'ieau m

See also

• gargoyle