hurricane
See also: Hurricane
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno juracán.
Noun
hurricane (plural hurricanes)
- 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.
- 2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, page 114:
- 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.
- (meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm
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weather phenomenon
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meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
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Etymology 2
Coined by Jeret Peterson.
Noun
hurricane (plural hurricanes)
- (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "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
See also
- (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretch
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