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cloudbust

noun

Etymology

From cloud + bust.

  1. derived from ambustum
  2. derived from bustum — “funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned”
  3. derived from busto — “torso, upper body”
  4. borrowed from buste
  5. compounded as cloudbust — “cloud + bust”

Definitions

  1. A cloudburst.

    • A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek
    • "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."

The neighborhood

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