waterspout

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Then the rain burst upon them like a waterspout, and, mingling with the flying dust overhead, came down in the form of mud, mixed with flying sticks and stones, and grass, and prickly thistle-heads So fierce was the hurly-burly that it seemed as if man and horse must perish under it.

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  1. noun A tornado or lesser whirlwind occurring over water and resulting in a funnel-shaped whirling column of air and spray.
  2. noun A hole or pipe from which water is discharged.

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  • So did a waterspout, and whoever heard of anyone successfully wrestling with a waterspout? —  COPYRIGHT 1940, 1947, 1948
  • Herrin said it appeared that the waterspout was near the causeway at the naval base near North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West. —  JustNews.com - Local News
  • A waterspout is a micro-scale tornado resembling a funnel-shaped cloud that stays concentrated over a body of water and causes the water to shoot upwards. —  RutlandHerald.com
  • A formidable boar passed like a waterspout, upset a wheelbarrow, scattering everything round him with a noise like a shell bursting; then he broke into a gallop all round the courtyard, and ended by taking a header into a sea of liquid manure. —  En Route
  • Then the rain burst upon them like a waterspout, and, mingling with the flying dust overhead, came down in the form of mud, mixed with flying sticks and stones, and grass, and prickly thistle-heads So fierce was the hurly-burly that it seemed as if man and horse must perish under it. —  The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America
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/ˈwɔtərspaʊt/
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