Reverse Dictionary: RAIN

ADJECTIVES
► AINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy → 1814 Eng. dial.
► ALTERY of the weather: looking like rain → 19C Eng. dial.
► BASHY wet, rainy, muddy → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLATELY adj. of rain: soft, gentle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLIRTIE of the weather: changeable, uncertain, cheerless; characterized by ‘blirts’ or gusts of wind and rain → 1807 Sc.
► BLOBBY of the weather; very rainy → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLUSTERSOME of weather: rainy and stormy in fits and starts → 19C Eng. dial.
► DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp → 1879 Eng. dial.
► DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAGGLY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy → 1869 Eng. dial.
► DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DANK wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc. → ? a1400 obs.
► DINGY misty, rainy → 1879 Eng. dial.
► DRIPPLETY wet, rainy → 19C Eng. dial.
► DRIPPY wet, rainy → 1818
► EIDENT of rain, snow, etc.: steady, continuous, unceasing → 1794 Sc.
► EVEN-DOWN perpendicular, straight down, downright; esp. used of a heavy continuous rain → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FLISKY minute, small; of rain: fine, drizzling → 19C Eng. dial.
► GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundering, threatening rain → 1744 Eng. dial.
► HAINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy → 1814 Eng. dial.
► HASTY of rain: heavy, violent → 1882 Eng. dial.
► HURRY-DURRY of the weather: rough, boisterous, windy, rainy; hence, impatient, irritable → 1672 nautical usage, obs.
► HYETAL belonging to rain → 1864
► IMBRID wet, rainy → 1623 obs.
► IMBRIFEROUS rain-bringing; showery → 1813
► IMPLUVIOUS wet with rain → 1656 obs.
► LABBERLY wet; rainy → 1842 Eng. dial.
► LABBERY wet; rainy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAIKY of rain: intermittent, falling in showers, but not continuously → 1825 Sc.
► LAPPERY wet, rainy, showery → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEASTY of the weather: dull, wet, rainy → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain → 1856 Amer. dial.
► MIZZLING drizzling; rainy; misty → 1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MIZZLY misty, drizzling, rainy → 1899 Amer. dial.
► PASHY wet, dirty, rainy → 1867 Eng. dial.
► PLUVIATILE of rain, of rain water → 1599 obs.
► PLUVIOUS pertaining to rain, rainy → c1420
► RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAINBREED producing rain → 1582 obs.
► RAINFUL rainy → 1484
► RAINIFIED likely to rain → 1918 Amer. dial.
► RAINISH somewhat rainy → 1530 obs.
► ROTTEN of weather or climate: damp, wet, rainy → 1567
► SAFT wet, rainy, damp → 1812 Sc.
► SAP wet, rainy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAPPIE ► SAPPY full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy → c1470 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCAFFY of a shower of rain: heavy, but soon over → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCARLY of the weather: boisterous, windy, threatening rain → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOWTHERED spoilt by rain → 1894 Sc.
► SCOWTHERIE ► SCOWTHERY beginning or threatening to rain or snow → 1825 Sc. 
► SNIBBLING dark, cloudy, rainy → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SOPPY very wet or rainy → 1872
► TENDER of the weather: inclined to rain, threatening → 1900 Eng. dial.
► THONKY dank, misty, rainy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VATSGAARI rainy → 1897 Sc.
► WACK moist, watery, damp, wet, rainy → 1513 Sc. obs.

ADVERBS
► HEAVENS-HARD of falling rain: heavily, very hard → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAVENS-HIGH of falling rain: heavily, very hard → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIFFLING TOITY raining in a drizzling, slopping manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ABEL AND CAIN rain → 2004 UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► ACHE AND PAIN rain → 2004 UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► A DASH O’ WET a sudden fall of rain → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► A DEAL OF WEATHER heavy rain or snow → 1874 Eng. dial.  
► AFTER-DROP a raindrop which falls after a cloud has passed → a1586 obs.
► ALACOMPAIN ► ALL COMPLAIN ► ALLACOMPAIN rain → M19 UK rhyming sl.
► ANDY CAIN rain → 19C Brit. rhyming sl.
► ANGEL JUICE rainwater; water → 1944 Amer. jocular usage
► ARKANSAS DEW a sudden heavy rain → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BAFFIN a severe drenching; usually applied to the drenching and buffeting one gets by being exposed to a storm of wind and rain → 1929 Sc.
► BANGE light, fine rain; drizzle → 1839 Eng. dial.
► BAPTIST DAM-BUSTER a sudden heavy rain → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BASKING a drenching in a heavy shower → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BELLY WASHER a very heavy rain → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BIRD SWEAT a light rain → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BITCH a very heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BLACK WEATHER rainy weather → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLACK WET rain, as distinguished from snow → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLAD a heavy fall of rain → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLANDIGO a shower of rain → 1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► BLASH a heavy fall of rain or sleet → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BLINGER a very hard rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BLIRT a storm of wind and rain; a cold drift of snow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLOUT the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLUNT a storm of snow or rain → 1873 Eng. dial.
► BOYS the resounding raindrops after they hit the surface → 1952 Amer. dial., chiefly a child’s word
► BRACK a sudden fall of earth or snow on a slope; a flood from a thaw; a sudden and heavy fall of rain → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK a heavy fall of rain or snow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRIDGE LIFTER a heavy rain → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BRUSH MOVER a heavy rainfall → 1932 Amer. dial.
► BUSTER a sudden, very heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CALIFORNIA DEW a light rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CALIFORNIA MIST a light rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CATARACT a violent downpour or rush of water → 1634
► CAT-MIRER a very heavy rain → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN RAIN a light rain that doesn’t last → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CHUNK-FLOATER a sudden heavy rain → 1961 Amer. dial.
► CHUNK-MOVER a sudden heavy rain → 1962 Amer. dial.
► CHUNK-WASHER a sudden heavy rain → 1972 Amer. dial.
► CLODBUSTER a heavy rain → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CLOUDBURSTER a very heavy rain, a cloudburst → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CLOUDBUST a very heavy rain, a cloudburst → 1939 Amer. dial.
► CLOUDBUSTER a very heavy rain, a cloudburst → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CLOUDSPOUT a cloudburst or waterspout; a sudden rush of water coming from heavy rain → 1967 Amer. dial.
► COB-FLOATER a heavy rain → 1962 Amer. dial., jocular usage
► COTTON SHOWER a short hard rain → 1970 Amer. dial.
► COW-STORM a drizzling rain unaccompanied by wind → 1914 Amer. dial.
► DAB a fine rain, a drizzle → 1929 Sc.
► DAG a thin or gentle rain → 1808 Eng. dial.
► DAG OF RAIN a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain → 1878 Eng. dial.
► DAG OF WET a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain → 1878 Eng. dial.
► DAM-BUSTER a sudden heavy rain → 1962 Amer. dial.
► DAMP fine rain → 1911 Sc.
► DAWCH a very heavy dew or drizzling rain → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DAWK a drizzling rain → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DEATH RAIN a heavy rain, a downpour → 1949 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
► DEATH SHOWER a heavy rain, a downpour → c1970 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
► DELUGE a heavy rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEW-MIST a drizzle or small rain resembling dew → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIRT rain, snow, or sleet; ‘dirty’ or stormy weather → 1887 Eng. dial.
► DISSLE ► DIZZLE a slight shower of rain, a drizzle → 1727 Sc.
► DITCH WASHER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DOG MIRE a very heavy rain → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DOOZY a very heavy rain → 1965
► DOWNCOME descent from a higher place or position; downfall; humiliation; also, a downpour → a1522 now chiefly Sc.
► DRIFFLE a slight shower of rain or snow; a drizzle; a short spell of stormy weather; a gale → 1824 Sc.
► DUCK-DRENCHER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1962 Amer. dial.
► DUCK-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EARTH MOVER a very heavy rain → 1969 Amer. jocular usage
► EASTICK soft, cold, drizzling rain → 1908 Sc.
► EESK ► ESK a slight rain or drizzle → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► ELEPHANTER a heavy rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FAIRIES’ BAKIN’ DAY a day of alternate rain and sunshine → 1894 Sc.
► FAIRY BOWER a shower (of rain) → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► FALL a fall of rain or snow; a shower of rain, a snowstorm → 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FALLING a downfall of snow, rain, or hail; a snowstorm; generally in plural → 1892 Eng. dial.
► FENCE BREAKER a severe rainstorm → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FENCE-LIFTER a very heavy rain → 1933 Amer. dial.
► FISH-DROWNDER a very heavy rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FROG STRANGLER a heavy rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANDIEGOW a squall of wind and rain; a heavy shower → 1908 Sc.
► GOBBLES bubbles or splashes caused by heavy raindrops → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOOSE-DRENCHER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE DROWNDER a very heavy rain → 1929 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE DROWNER a heavy rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOSE-STRANGLER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOSLING-BLAST a transitory storm, a sudden squall of rain or sleet → 1890 Eng. dial.
► GOSLING-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRASS RAIN a light rain that doesn’t last → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRASS SHOWER a sudden, very heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GROWING SHOWER a light rain that doesn’t last, but is enough to make gardens grow → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GULLY CUTTER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GULLY MAKER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GULLY POUR a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GULLY-WASHER a heavy rain that washes gullies in the ground; a heavy downpour → 1903 Amer. dial.
► GULLY WHOPPER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GUNDABLUEY a heavy downpour; a rainstorm → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GUSHER a heavy rain → 1961 Amer. dial.
► GUST a thunderstorm; heavy rain → 1772 Amer. dial.
► GUTTER WASHER a very heavy rain → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GUZZLE a rain → 1954 Amer. dial.
► HADDER a fine rain or drizzle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAGGER a fine small rain → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HALE-WATER a heavy fall of rain → 1820 Sc.
► HASH a heavy fall of rain → 1898 Sc.
► HASTER a violent storm of rain → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAY ROTTER a very heavy rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEAT-DROPS raindrops → 1651
► HEN-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour → 1960 Amer. dial.
► HUGGER a drizzle, a gentle rain → 1929 Sc.
► HYETOMETER a rain gauge → 1730
► HYETOPHOBIA an abnormal dislike or fear of rain → 1991 (Bk.)
► HYOMETER a rain gauge → 1886
► ISTICK a slight, temporary frost; cold weather with rain → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► JOE DARTER a very heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JUPITER PLUVIUS a fall or storm of rain → 1864
► KAAVIE a heavy, driving rain → 1908 Sc.
► LADY RAIN a gentle rain → 1993 Amer. dial.
► LAMB-BLASTS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAMB-SHOWERS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAMB-STORMS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LAND-LASH a heavy fall of rain accompanied by high wind → 1820 Sc.
► LAND RAIN rainfall → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LASH a heavy fall of rain → 1818 Sc.
► LEAF MOVER a sudden heavy rain → 1986 Amer. dial.
► LEAK FINDER a very heavy rain → 1969 Amer. dial.
► LIGHTWOOD-KNOT FLOATER a heavy rain → 1944 Amer. dial.
► LIQUID SUNSHINE California rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LOG-FLOATER a very heavy rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LOG-ROLLER a very heavy rain → 1985 Amer. dial.
► MEXICAN CARWASH a rainstorm → 1950 US sl.
► MIDDLESPLITTER a heavy fall of rain → 1991 Amer. dial.
► MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather → 1900 Sc.
► MIST RAIN a very light rain; a drizzle → 1986 Amer. dial.
► MIZZLE a very fine or misty rain; drizzle → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MIZZLING a very fine rain, drizzle, mist → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY’S WEDDING alternating or simultaneous sunshine and rain → 1949 S. Afr. colloq.
► MOOR-GRIME a misty rain or drizzle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUD-HEN CLEANER a very heavy rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MUD-SENDER a heavy rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MUG a mist, a fog; a light rain or drizzle; a dull, damp, or gloomy atmosphere → a1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NAIR rain → 1873 back-slang (Bk.)
► NIRE rain → 1859 back-slang
► NISK a slight or passing shower → 1908 Sc. 
► OMBRIFUGE a refuge or shelter against rain → 1868
► OMBROLOGY the branch of meteorology that deals with rain → 1845
► OMBROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of rain → 1991 (Bk.)
► ONCOME a heavy fall of snow or rain → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONDAG a shower, a heavy fall of rain → 1924 Sc.
► ON-DING a persistent heavy fall of rain or snow → 1776 Sc.
► ONDINGING a heavy fall of rain or snow → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► ONFALL a heavy fall of rain or snow → 1808 Sc.
► ONLAY a heavy fall of snow or rain → 1881 Sc.
► ONSET a heavy fall or rain or snow → 1808 Sc.
► ORANGE JUICE California rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OREGON DEW a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain → 1967  Amer. dial.
► OREGON MIST a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PALMETTO POUNDER a heavy rain → 1980 Amer. dial.
► PANEE ► PANI water in the form of rain → 1923 Sc.
► PARISH-WAITER rain → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARNEE ► PARNEY ► PARNIE ► PARNY rain; a shower of rain → 1851 UK sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
► PASH a sudden or heavy fall of rain or snow → 1796 Eng. dial.
► PATTERMENTS the splashing of raindrops → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PAYLING a driving, beating shower → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PELTER a heavy shower → 1842 colloq.
► POPE WEATHER a wet, rainy day → 1767 US
► POUR-DOWN a torrential rain, a downpour → 1939 Amer. dial.
► POURING-DOWN a torrential rain, a downpour → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POUR-OUT a torrential rain → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PUSH a puddle or pool of water, esp. a large one left by a heavy downpour of rain → 1886 Eng. dial.
► RACK rain → 19C Eng, dial.
► RAFF a short sharp shower of rain or snow, accompanied by gusts of wind; a driving shower → 1790 Sc.
► RAG fog, mist, accompanied by drizzling rain → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN-KING rain personified as a king → 1880
► RAIN-PIT an indentation made in the ground by a raindrop → 1841
► RAINPOUR a downpour;  a sudden, very heavy rain → 1970 Amer. dial.
► RAIN SMIRR fine misty rain → 1925 Sc.
► RASH a splashing shower of rain; a sudden fall of rain → 1513 Sc.
► RAYMOND rain personified → 2000 Amer. dial.
► REGULAR PELTER a cat-and-dog rain → 1903 colloq. (Bk.)
► RIP-TAIL SNORTER a very heavy rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ROOT SEARCHER a heavy rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ROOT-SOAKER a very heavy rain → 1960 Amer. dial.
► RUG drizzling rain; wet mist; also, wet weather → c1540 Sc.
► SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower → 1768 Sc.
► SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture → 1895 Sc.
► SCAD a sudden and brief shower of rain → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SCADDER a brief shower of rain → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAFF a heavy but brief shower of rain → 1824 Sc. obs.
► SCAT a sudden passing shower of rain → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SCAUR a shower, a short flying scurry of rain → 1893 Eng. dial.
► SCOORIE a shower; a sudden gust of wind accompanied by rain → 1895 Sc.
► SCOTCH MIST a drizzling rain or heavy fog → 1844 Amer. dial.
► SCOUR a shower of rain, esp. of a passing or intermittent fall, and usually one driven by gusts of wind → c1780 Sc. 
► SCOUTHER ► SCOWTHER a slight shower of rain → 1794 Sc. 
► SCOUTHRY a slight shower of rain → 1794 Sc. 
► SCOW a squally shower of rain; a wind and rain storm → 1895 Sc. 
► SCOWTHERUM a slight shower of rain → 1866 Sc. 
► SET RAIN a steady rain or drizzle → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SHIRT WETTER a very light rain → 1971 Amer. dial.
► SILVER THAW the phenomenon of rain freezing as it falls and forming a glassy coating on the ground, trees, etc. → 1891
► SIZZLE a gentle rain, drizzle → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SIZZLE-SAZZLE a gentle rain, drizzle → 1979 Amer. dial.
► SIZZLE-SOZZLE a gentle rain, drizzle → 1931 Amer. dial.
► SIZZLY SOD-SOAKER a steady rain → 1991 Amer. dial.
► SIZZLY-SOZZLY a gentle rain, drizzle → 1946 Amer. dial.
► SKELP heavy rain 
► SKEW a drizzling rain; a driving mist → 1839 Eng. dial.
► SKID a light fall of snow or rain → 1977 Amer. dial.
► SKIFF a light gust of wind or shower of rain, etc. → 1819 Sc.
► SKIFT a light fall of snow or rain; a thin layer of snow or frost on the ground, or of ice on water → 1808 Amer. dial.
► SKIT a slight shower of rain or snow → 1847
► SKOUR a shower; a sudden gust of wind accompanied by rain → 1895 Sc.
► SKY JUICE rain; water → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SOAK a heavy rainfall → Brit. colloq.
► SOAKER a heavy rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOD-SOAKER a soaking rain → 1879 Amer. dial.
► SPRITZ a slight rain or shower → 1970s US sl.
► TARANAKI SUNSHINE rain or drizzle → 1990s NZ sl.
► TEEM a heavy downpour or long-continued fall of rain → 1793 Sc. & Ireland
► TEXAS DEW a heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► THRESH a beating, dashing noise, as of rain → 1899 Sc.
► THUNDER-BERRIES the large heavy drops of rain that fall from a thunder-cloud→ 19C Eng. dial.
► THUNDERBLUST a heavy rain which doesn’t last long → 2000 Amer. dial.
► THUNDERBOOMER a thunder-cloud; a thunderstorm; a very heavy rain → 1984 Amer. dial.
► THUNDERBUSTER a thunder-cloud, a thunderstorm, a very heavy rain → 1950 Amer. dial.
► THUNDER-DROP one of the large scattered drops of rain which fall at the beginning of a thunder shower → 1832
► THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning → 1825 Amer. dial.
► THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning → 1734 Amer. dial.
► THUNDER-PLUMP a heavy and sudden thunder shower → 1821 chiefly Sc.
► THUNDER-SPLATS the large, heavy drops that fall from a thunder-cloud → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOAD-CHOKER a very heavy rain → 1985 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-FLOATER a very heavy rain → 1950 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-FROG STRANGLER a very heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-STRANGLER a very heavy rain → 1906 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-STRINGER a very heavy rain → 1986 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-WASHER  a very heavy rain → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TRASH-BREAKER a sudden heavy rain → 1952 Amer. dial.
► TRASH-FLOATER a sudden heavy rain → 1941 Amer. dial.
► TRASH-LIFTER a sudden heavy rain → 1905 Amer. dial.
► TRASH MOVER a sudden heavy rain → 1879 Amer. dial.
► TRASH MOVER AND GULLY WASHER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TRASH-TOTER a sudden heavy rain → 1971 Amer. dial.
► TRASH-WASHER a sudden heavy rain → 1952 Amer. dial.
► TREE BENDER a sudden heavy rain → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TREE MOVER a sudden heavy rain → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TURD-FLOATER a heavy rain → 1962 Amer. dial.
► UDOMETER a rain-gauge → 1825
► UMBRELLA-RAIN rain which comes straight down → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UMPLIST a sudden outburst of wind and rain → 1892 Sc.
► VANDILUP ► VANDLOB ► VANLUP a downpour of rain → 1897 Sc.
► VEGA in fisher taboo usage: rain → 1814 Sc. obs.
► VERGLA freezing rain → 2002 Can. sl.
► WATERSPOUT a terrestrial tornado, esp. one accompanied by torrential rain; broadly, a violent downpour of rain → 1822 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WET rain; wet weather → 1945 US sl.
► WET, THE the rainy season → L19 Aust. sl.
► YASK fine rain, drizzle → 1974 Sc.

PHRASES
► IT’S COMING DOWN IN BUCKETS it’s raining heavily → 1950 Amer. dial.
► IT’S FALLING BY THE BUCKETS it’s raining heavily → 1950 Amer. dial.
► IT’S POURING BUCKETS it’s raining heavily → 1950 Amer. dial.
► IT’S RAINING BUCKETS it’s raining heavily → 1950 Amer. dial.
► IT’S RAINING PITCHFORKS AND BARN SHOVELS it’s raining heavily → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IT’S RAINING POISON what people say when sunshine and rain come together → 1950 Amer. dial.
► THE AIR WEEPS it rains → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THE ANGELS ARE CRYING said when the first drops of rain begin to fall → 1950 Amer. dial.
► THE BOTTOM FELL OUT describing a very heavy rain → 1966 Amer. dial.
► THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE it’s raining or snowing, used esp. when the sun is also shining → 1930 Amer. dial.
► THE DEVIL IS FIGHTING WITH HIS WIFE it’s raining or snowing, used esp. when the sun is also shining → 1899 Amer. dial.
► THE DEVIL IS WHIPPING HIS WIFE it’s raining or snowing, used esp. when the sun is also shining → 1899 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► APPELL to cease to rain → 1825 Sc.
► ASK to rain slightly; to drizzle → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BATTER of rain: to beat against anything; to drive → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BERAIN to rain upon → a1225 obs.
► BLAD of wind and rain: to beat against, to drive in gusts → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLASH to rain heavily and noisily → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLIRT to rain or snow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK OFF to become less cloudy; to clear up; to stop raining → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUCKET DOWN to rain down heavily → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► COME DOWN IN BUCKETSFUL to rain cats and dogs → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DAG to rain gently, to drizzle → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAGGLE to drizzle; to rain continuously; to pour in torrents → 1825 Sc.
► DAMP to drizzle, to rain slightly → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEG ► DEGG to drizzle with rain → 19C Eng. dial.  
► DEW to rain slightly, to drizzle → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DING of rain: to fall heavily or continuously → 1766 Sc.
► DINGE to rain mistily, to drizzle → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DINGLE to drizzle, to rain lightly → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISH to rain heavily, to pour with rain → 1825 Sc.
► DISSLE ► DIZZLE to drizzle, to rain slightly → 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DOZZLE to drizzle, to rain finely → 1866 Eng. dial.
► DRIFFLE to drizzle; to rain or snow fitfully or in sparse drops, as at the ‘tail’ of a shower → 1639 Sc.
► EESK ► ESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet → 1845 Sc.
► EITHER to rain slightly, to drizzle → 1929 Sc.
► ENT DOWN to rain heavily, to pour in torrents → 1895 Eng. dial.
► FINE of rain: to fall in tiny drops; to drizzle → 1950 Amer. dial.
► HADDER to drizzle, rain finely → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAGGER to drizzle, to rain gently → 1808 Sc.
► HAIN of rain: to leave off, to cease → 1892 Sc.
► HEAL UP to leave off raining → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEALD of rain: to pour, to come down in torrents → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAMBASTE of rain: to beat down → 1892 Ireland
► LASH of rain: to pour, to come down in torrents → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LAVISH of rain: to pour along in torrents → 1830
► LAY THE DUST to rain slightly → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► LEAK to rain → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LET DOWN RAIN to rain heavily → 1986 Amer. dial.
► LET DOWN to rain heavily → 1972 Amer. dial.
► LODGE of wind or rain: to beat down or flatten → 1828 Amer. dial.
► MIESLI ► MISLE ► MISLI to rain → E18
► MISLAIN to rain → E18
► MIST RAIN to rain lightly with very small drops; to drizzle → 1909 Amer. dial.
► MISTER to rain very finely → 1970 Amer. dial.
► MIZZLE to rain in very fine drops; to drizzle → 1838 Amer. dial.
► MUG to rain lightly; to drizzle → c1400 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NATTER to rain slightly while there is a high wind → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONDING to rain or snow heavily → 1825 Sc.
► PAIL of rain: to come pelting down → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARNEE to rain → 1859 UK sl.
► PASH of rain or water: to come down suddenly and heavily; to gush out → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PIDDLE to rain → 1814 sl.
► PISS ► PISS WITH RAIN to rain heavily, to pour → 1948 sl.
► PISS DOWN to rain heavily, to pour → 1950 sl.
► POUR OUT to rain heavily → 1945 Amer. dial.
► PUT DOWN to rain hard → 1946 Amer. dial.
► RAG to be foggy; to rain slightly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN BLACK CATS to rain very heavily → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RAIN BLUE BLAZES to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BLUE THUNDERBOLTS to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BULL FROGS to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BULL FROGS AND HEIFER YEARLINGS to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN BULLFROGS AND PITCHFORKS to rain very hard → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RAIN BULLOCK STERKS to rain very hard → 20C sl.
► RAIN BULL YEARLINGS to rain very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN CATS AND DOGS to rain very heavily → 1738
► RAIN CATS AND DOGS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES ► RAIN CATS AND DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN CURTAIN-RODS to rain hard → 20C sl.
► RAIN DOWN BULL YEARLINGS to rain very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DOWN MONKEYS to rain heavily → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DOWN NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DOWN TOAD-FROGS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN DUKE GEORGES to rain heavily → 1930s sl.
► RAIN FROGS AND HAPPY TOADS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN GO-DEVILS to rain very hard → 1932 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HAMMER HANDLES to rain very heavily → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HAMMER HANDLES AND PITCHFORKS to rain very heavily → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HATCHETS AND DUCKETS to rain very heavily (ducket = bill-hook) → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN HOPPY TOADS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HOP-TOADS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN HUMP-TOADS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN LIKE A BULL PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK to rain heavily → 1950s sl.
► RAIN LIKE A COW PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK to rain heavily → 1950s sl.
► RAIN LIKE A DUNKEN DOG to rain heavily → 1930s sl.
► RAIN LIKE THE OLD HARRY to rain very hard → 1991 Amer. dial.
► RAIN METHER to pour with rain → 1888 Ireland
► RAIN NIGGER-BABIES to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl., offensive (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS  to rain very hard → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND BULL YEARLINGS to rain very hard → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND CHICKEN COOPS to rain in torrents → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND DARNING NEEDLES to rain in torrents → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES ► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND NIGGER-BABIES to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS AND SHOVELS to rain hard → 19C sl.
► RAIN PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES DOWNWARD to rain very heavily → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIN PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES ON BOTH ENDS to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN PUPPY DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN PUPS AND PUSSIES to rain very hard → 1990 US sl.
► RAIN STAIR-RODS to rain hard → 20C sl.
► RAIN TADPOLES to rain hard → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAIN THE DEVIL AND PITCHFORKS to rain very heavily → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOAD-FROGS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOADS to rain heavily → 1927 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOADS AND FROGS to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOADS AND PITCHFORKS to rain heavily → 1908 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOMCATS AND NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TRAMS AND OMNIBUSES to rain hard → E20 sl.
► RASH to descend heavily; to dash down, as rain → 1824 Sc.
► REEK AGAIN of rain: to come on very heavily → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAT to rain hard → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOUTHER to rain or snow slightly, to drizzle → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCOWDER to rain or snow slightly; to drizzle → 1866 Sc. 
► SILE of rain: to pour down → 1703 Eng. dial.
► TAKE OFF of the weather: to clear up; to cease raining or blowing → 1878
► TIRL of rain: to sound on a roof → 1886
► WEATHER to rain, to storm → 1896 Amer. dial.