hurricane

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŭr′ĭ-kən, hŭr′ĭ-kān', IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹɪkən/, /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/
• (US) enPR: hŭr′ĭ-kān', hûr′ǐ-kān', IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/, /ˈhɝɪkeɪn/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.

Alternative forms

• hero-cane, hurrican (obsolete)

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 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
2. (meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm.
3. (figurative) A great forceful onrush.
4. (cocktails) A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice, and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Bislama: hariken (inherited)
• → German: Hurrikan
• → Hebrew: הוריקן (hurikan)
• → Irish: hairicín
• → Japanese: ハリケーン (Harikēn)
• → Korean: 허리케인 (heorikein)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Latin script: hȁriken
• → Thai: เฮอริเคน (həə-rí-keen)

Translations

See also

• anticyclone
• wind

Verb

hurricane (third-person singular simple present hurricanes, present participle hurricaning, simple past and past participle hurricaned)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of the weather) To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
2. To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
3. To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
4. To swirl quickly and violently.
5. To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
6. To cause an uproar.
7. To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently.
8. To chase violently or rush after and force along.

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ʁi.kan/

Noun

hurricane m (plural hurricanes)

1. hurricane

Further reading

• “hurricane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.