hurricane

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŭr′ĭ-kən, hŭr′ĭ-kān', IPA(key): /ˈhʌɹɪkən/, /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ (General American, without the hurry–furry merger) enPR: hŭr′ĭ-kān', IPA(key): /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ (General American, Canada, hurry–furry merger) enPR: hûr′ǐ-kān', IPA(key): /ˈhɝɪkeɪn/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā. ==== Alternative forms ==== hero-cane, hurrican (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== hurricane (plural hurricanes) A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye. [16th c.] (in particular, meteorology) 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. [20th c.] Hypernyms: tropical cyclone < cyclone (broad sense), storm Coordinate terms: (both milder) tropical depression, tropical storm Near-synonyms: typhoon, cyclone (figurative) A great forceful onrush. (cocktails) A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit 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) (ambitransitive, 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. To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention. To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort. To swirl quickly and violently. To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner. To cause an uproar. To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently. To chase violently or rush after and force along. === Etymology 2 === Coined by Jeret Peterson. ==== Noun ==== hurricane (plural hurricanes) (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) hurricane === Further reading === “hurricane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012