Meaning

5 senses
  1. A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.

    Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane coastal residents braced for.

    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

  2. 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.

    Near-synonyms: typhoon, cyclone

    Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.

    Hurrikan, Orkan, Hurrikane

    урага́нuragán, урага́нuragán

    урага́нurahán, урага́нurahán

  3. (figuratively)A great forceful onrush.

  4. A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.

  5. "full—triple-full—full" – 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

Examples

118 sentences
  1. Hundreds of trees in this park blew over in the hurricane.

    Сотні дерев у цьому парку були повалені під час урагану. — deniko

    deIn diesem Park wurden bei dem Orkan Hunderte von Bäumen umgeweht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom's house was destroyed by a hurricane.

    Будинок Тома було знищено ураганом. — deniko

    ruДом Тома был уничтожен ураганом. — Karok

    deToms Haus wurde durch einen Orkan zerstört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom's house was destroyed by the hurricane.

    Будинок Тома було зруйновано ураганом. — deniko

    ruДом Тома был разрушен ураганом. — odexed

    deToms Haus wurde bei dem Orkan zerstört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom's house got destroyed by a hurricane.

  5. Many old buildings were destroyed by the hurricane.

Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā. Coined by Jeret Peterson.

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.

Coined by Jeret Peterson.

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