Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
- n. A sudden burst, as of rain or smoke.
- n. An outburst of emotion.
- v. To blow in gusts.
- n. Archaic Relish; gusto.
- n. Obsolete The sense of taste.
- n. Obsolete Personal taste or inclination; liking.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sudden squall or blast of wind; a sudden rushing or driving of the wind, of short duration.
- n. A sudden outburst, as of passionate feeling.
- n. Synonyms Squall, etc. See wind, n.
- n. The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
- n. Gratification of any kind, especially that which is sensual; pleasure; enjoyment.
- n. Turn of fancy; intellectual taste.
- To taste; enjoy the taste of; have a relish for.
Wiktionary
- n. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
- n. Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
- v. intransitive To blow in gusts.
- n. archaic The physiological faculty of taste.
- n. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
- v. obsolete, transitive To taste.
- v. obsolete, transitive To have a relish for.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind.
- n. A sudden violent burst of passion.
- n. The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
- n. Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.
- n. Intellectual taste; fancy.
- v. obsolete To taste; to have a relish for.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a strong current of air
Etymologies
- From Latin gustus ‘taste’. For the verb, compare Latin gustare, Italian gustare, Spanish gustar. (Wiktionary)
- Probably from Old Norse gustr; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.Middle English guste, taste, from Latin gustus; see gusto. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Winds sustained around 15 mph during the afternoon are likely to again gust to near 30 mph.”
The Washington Post: PM Update: Winds bring in brief cool down
“If anyone finds a door it's ours and the shed roof is also heading abroad in gust-sized pieces.”
“It had vanished in gust of wind and a wall of water.”
“I was not born a jongleur; I didn't suddenly turn up as I am now, with a sudden gust from the skies and, hopla, there”
“It is the visible portion of what is called a gust front, which was correctly identified as belonging to a high-precipitation HP supercell.”
A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
“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.”
“Williams couldn't guess the intensity of the gust that took the sign, but Larry Daniels, an old timer at Alyeska and the former mountain manager, couldn't recall a gust ever approaching 122 mph there before.”
“And this is the kind of gust we're talking about, where (UNINTELLIGIBLE).”
“Sugarcane often yields somewhat less as a result of being knocked down by any kind of gust, particularly cane that yields heavily.”
“No use of "gust" for "last" appears in the Oxford English Dictionary.”
Letter from Robert Carter to William Dawkins, April 16, 1730
Lists
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