Term Gallery logo

Meanings of waterspout in English

Russian
водяной смерч
Portuguese
tromba marinha
Spanish
trombas
Catalan
tromba marina
Wikidata

Weather phenomenon characterized by an intense columnar vortex that occurs over a body of water.

        водяной смерч
        Portuguese
        aguaceiro
        Catalan
        bàtec
        Spanish
        aguacero

        A heavy rain.

            aguaceiro
            Usage of waterspout in English
            1
            The ship was lowered about a hundred feet away from the waterspout.
            Five Thousand Miles Underground; Or, the Mystery of the Centre o...
            2
            By this flood, we may judge of the waterspout's power of suction.
            What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ...
            3
            He's just been wrastlin' with a waterspout and he's some wore out.
            Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
            4
            A spectacular waterspout swept across a Belgian beach causing damage along the shore.
            BBC
            5
            The rain fell like a waterspout, and the throng immediately fled for shelter.
            In the Heart of Africa
            6
            Soon the heavens were opened, and the floods came down like a waterspout.
            Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
            7
            A waterspout has been spotted off the north coast of Cornwall.
            BBC
            8
            A waterspout even formed off the coast, near Taree, last night.
            News.com.au
            9
            They looked like a black waterspout as they came in off the lake.
            White Hunter, Black Heart
            10
            A waterspout spiralling above the sea in Suffolk provided a stunning sight on Saturday.
            BBC
            11
            The pack sucked in with the rush of a waterspout.
            The Way of the Wild
            12
            As it reaches the water, a waterspout forms which is approximately 100 meters high.
            The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
            13
            A brief turmoil follows as if there were the bursting of some vast waterspout.
            Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
            14
            She dropped her wool and sat on the waterspout, and tried to understand things.
            Idle Ideas in 1905
            15
            A waterspout, an immense liquid column, was beating upon the surface of the waters.
            A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
            16
            The waterspout, traveling with the speed of an express train, bore down upon me.
            Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
            About this term
            More collocations
            Translations for waterspout
            Waterspout through the time
            Waterspout across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common