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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A penetrating sandstorm or dust storm with violent winds, occurring chiefly in Arabia, North Africa, and India.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A violent sandstorm or dust storm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

Etymologies

  1. Arabic هبوب (habūb, "strong wind"), from هب (hábba, "to blow, to rage"), from the root ه ب ب. (Wiktionary)
  2. Arabic habūb, strong wind, from habba, to rush, blow; see hbb in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Wordplayer I've listed this one the most..one of my favorites...

    "Watch out! There's a haboob on the horizon and it's looking pretty gnarly!" Feb 8, 2011

  • bilby The meaning I have in mind is a (Sudanese?) dust storm. Hope I'm right :-7 Nov 20, 2007

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