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Hurricane Maria seen from space in 2017.

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Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.

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hurricane (plural hurricanes)

  1. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
    • 2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 1 May 2013, page 114:
      An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
  2. (meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm.
  3. (figurative) A great forceful onrush.
    • 2006 February 5, Leslie Feinberg, “Lesbian organizing and 'red feminism'”, in Workers World[2]:
      A movement of women who wanted to win greater rights had to be able to move forward against a hurricane of lesbian-baiting from the political establishment of the Cold War capitalists.
  4. (cocktails) A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice, and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
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  • Bislama: hariken
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Coined by Jeret Peterson.

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hurricane (plural hurricanes)

  1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "fulltriple-fullfull" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
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hurricane m (plural hurricanes)

  1. hurricane

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