HURRICANE
ADJECTIVES
► HURRICANIOUS like a hurricane → 1706
NOUNS
► BIG BLOW a hurricane → 20C Aust. & US sl.
► BLEFFART a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLEWDER a hurricane → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURSTER a hurricane → 1895 Amer. dial.
► COMBUSTIBLE a gale of wind approaching hurricane velocity → 1975 Amer. dial.
► HAIRIKEN ► HEERICAN a hurricane → 1822 Sc.
► HELL RIPPER a real hurricane that rips hell out of everything → 1975 Amer. dial.
► JIMMY CANE a strong wind; a hurricane → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SCALE ► SKAIL ► SKYLE the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm → 1790 Sc.
► SCALE-WIND a scattering wind; a hurricane → 1709 Sc.
► TYPHON a whirlwind, a cyclone, a tornado; a violent storm of wind; a hurricane → 1555 obs.
► WHIRL-BLAST a whirlwind, a hurricane; a storm of wind → 1798
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