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Hurricane Rita.

Proper noun

Hurricane

1. A town in West Virginia, United States, population 5,968 (2005 census estimate)
2. A town in Utah, United States, population 9,748 (2004 Census estimate)

Noun

Hurricane ‎(plural Hurricanes)

1. A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain

Anagrams

• raunchier

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Hurricane Dennis seen from space in 2005.

Noun

hurricane ‎(plural hurricanes)

1. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
   • 2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:

     An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

2. (meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm

Coordinate terms

• (type of a cyclone): cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon
• (meteorology): breeze, gale, storm

Derived terms

• hurricanic

Translations

See also

• anticyclone
• wind

Etymology 2

Coined by Jeret Peterson

Noun

hurricane ‎(plural hurricanes)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip

See also

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretch

Anagrams

• raunchier