gust

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It's built on unending tom pushes and a treble-heavy shower of vintage amp gust, which is to say that it sounds about thirty years older than it is and we are not complaining.

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  1. noun A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
  2. noun A sudden burst, as of rain or smoke.
  3. noun An outburst of emotion.
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  • It's built on unending tom pushes and a treble-heavy shower of vintage amp gust, which is to say that it sounds about thirty years older than it is and we are not complaining. —  Artrocker -
  • A sudden gust, and down sinks one wing and up goes the other. —  The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition
  • Then as a gust of cold wind blew in through the window he snugged down into his blanket Another and stronger gust, and he heard the door into Terry's room creak as it swung to the breeze. —  Terry A Tale of the Hill People
  • Au'gust, a month Au-gust', grand REMARK.--A number of words used sometimes as one part of speech, and sometimes as another, vary their accents irregularly EXAMPLES Pres'ent, noun Pres'ent, adjective Pre-sent', verb. —  McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
  • One whiff of a man will send the creature off like a wind-gust, and earthquakes wouldn't stop him. —  Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods
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squall ·  outburst ·  surge ·  torrent ·  gale ·  blast ·  spurt ·  gasp ·  flurry ·  tempest ·  roar ·  spasm

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gust:   gusts
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Probably from Old Norse gustr; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English guste, taste, from Latin gustus; see gusto.

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  1. from Icelandic gustr, a gust, blast (cf. gjōsta, a gust), = Norwegian gust, a gust of wind, = Sw. dial, gust, a stream of air from an oven; from Icelandic gjōsa, gush, break out, as a furnace, volcano, and the like, Sw. dial. gåsa, blow, puff, reek: see gush. Cf. English dial. gush, n., 3, a gust of wind.
  2. = Old French goust, French goût (later English gout) = Spanish Portuguese Italian gusto (later English gusto), from Latin gustus, a tasting, taste, later gustare, taste; allied to Greek γεύειν, taste, Sanskrit √ jush, enjoy, Anglo-Saxon ceósan, English choose, select: see choose.
  3. from Latin gustare, taste; from the noun.
 

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