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cloudburst

noun
/ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/US/ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/UK

Etymology

From cloud + burst.

  1. derived from *bʰres-✻
  2. derived from *brestaną✻
  3. derived from *brestan✻
  4. derived from berstan
  5. derived from bresten
  6. compounded as cloudburst — “cloud + burst”

Definitions

  1. A sudden heavy rainstorm.

    • [B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow.
    • A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.
    • In Uniontown, Pa., John Walchesky & family rushed from their house when lightning set it afire, rushed in again when a cloudburst put out the blaze.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cloudburst. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA