WHIRLWIND
ADJECTIVES
► TURBINEOUS of the nature of a whirlwind → 1656 obs.
► TYPHONIC having the character of a whirlwind or tornado; tempestuous → 1865
NOUNS
► COUP DE VENT a whirlwind; a gale → 1831
► DANCING DEVIL a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust; a dust devil → 1931 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL-DANCER a small whirlwind; a gust of wind, esp. on water → 1925 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL DERVISH a small whirlwind; a gust of wind, esp. on water → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DUST-DEVIL a whirlwind; also, a moving column or funnel of dust caused by a whirlwind; a dust storm → 1888
► HURLWIND a whirlwind → 1509 obs.
► PRESTER a scorching whirlwind → 1601
► ROGER’S BLAST a sudden and small localized whirlwind → L19 Eng. dial.
► SAND AUGER a little sand whirlwind; a dust devil → 1900 Amer. dial.
► SAND DEVIL a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust → 1944 Amer. dial.
► TROBELLION a whirlwind; a whirling storm → a1500 obs.
► TURBO a whirlwind, a tornado → 1677 obs.
► TWIRLBLAST a whirlwind → 1865
► TWIRLWIND a whirlwind → 1770
► TWISTER a whirling wind-storm; a cyclone, a tornado → 1897 US
► 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
► WHIRLIGUST ► WHIRLYGUST a whirlwind → 1859 Amer. dial.
► WHIRLY-WHIRLY a small, localised whirlwind → 1926 Aust. sl.
► WHIRLY WIND a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust; a tornado → 1967 Amer. dial.
► WIND DEVIL a whirlwind → 1905 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► TURBINATE to whirl like a top or a whirlwind → 1797
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