(n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.
(n.) A sudden violent burst of passion.
(n.) The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
(n.) Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.
(n.) Intellectual taste; fancy.
(v. t.) To taste; to have a relish for.
Example Sentences:
(1) While winds gusting to 170mph caused significant damage, the devastation in areas such as Tacloban – where scenes are reminiscent of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami – was principally the work of the 6-metre-high storm surge, which carried away even the concrete buildings in which many people sought shelter.
(2) It seemed that a gust of wind had dislodged part of the screen’s moorings leaving the visiting Leicester party, who had to negotiate a new take-off slot for their post-match flight back to East Midlands, looking unimpressed when they ventured to the touchline.
(3) Tom Tobler, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Gusts of 50mph to 60mph are sweeping across south-west England, central England and Wales, which will see the worst of the windy weather.
(4) Gusts of 50mph or more had been reported in many areas, the Met Office said, with a peak so far of 97mph on Islay in the Hebrides at 6am.
(5) I felt gusts threatening to blow my glasses off and into the caldera below.
(6) And gusts remain strong after the two best female fighters in MMA did what they had to do, what they usually do, dominate.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The gust of warm air that caused the unprecedented thaw in Greenland's surface ice also appears to have caused unusually high run-off from a glacier, wiping out a crossing near a key research and transport hub.
(8) Sarjinson said the baby’s mother and father had taken shelter in Pakaroa church next to his house, which lost part of its roof in the same deadly gusts.
(9) Quickly the lights went on and different witnesses described the clear ripple effect of the crowd – “like a gust of wind through wheat” – as people were mown down by gunfire and rows of people dropped to the ground.
(10) Matt Dobson, senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said the southern half of the UK had seen the worst weather, with a gust of 71mph recorded in Mumbles in the Gower peninsula, south Wales, as well of 45 to 55mph winds further inland.
(11) While wind speeds in the concrete jungle at the tower's base would render a wind turbine pointless, at 42 storeys up they are capable of 35mph gusts – a serious challenge for the workers who created the complex steel structure – and are projected to generate 8% of the building's electricity needs.
(12) Officials in many states urged people to stay off the roads, including in Indiana, where 50mph gusts were recorded early in the day.
(13) Overnight on Wednesday the Meteo weather group recorded wind gusts of 101mph on higher ground, and the forecast for more windy conditions forced Kent police to implement an emergency measure to back up freight traffic along the M20 near Dover.
(14) While running the International Business Times, Davis also led 33 Universal, according to a listing submitted by the firm to Gust, a website where start-ups court investors.
(15) The wind will then spread north-westwards throughout the day with other areas seeing gusts of up to 40mph.
(16) "North and western England will have significant winds of up to 70mph with gusts reaching 50-60mph in other places.
(17) Winds gusting up to 30mph further worsened conditions.
(18) The emergency services are preparing for record wind speeds over land of up to 90mph, while MeteoGroup warned of gusts perhaps up to 100mph.
(19) Rain and wind continued to wreak havoc across the UK this weekend, with south-west England and Wales battered by gusts of up to 71mph.
(20) The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Cape Cod, coastal areas north and south of Boston and part of Maine as well as New York's Long Island, where up to 10 inches (0.25m) of snow could fall and winds could gust to 45mph.
Gusto
Definition:
(n.) Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Norris said it was a privilege to be given the job, and he would "attack it with as much gusto and vitality as I have".
(2) Can I just say to the Bernie or Bust people: you are being ridiculous,” said Sanders-supporting comedian Sarah Silverman as she called for unity and backed Clinton “with gusto”.
(3) It's alarming to see the Financial Times leader this week join in with gusto: "It's time to chop up Auntie," it began.
(4) Pakistanis leap on every story, scrutinising and commenting, particularly on Twitter, a medium many have embraced with gusto.
(5) The government wanted digital switchover for its own purposes but the BBC took up the challenge with gusto, believing it faced potential irrelevance if it didn't play a big part in the new broadcasting environment.
(6) A bit too much gusto perhaps, for he picked up a European suspension as the team gained Cup Winners Cup entry after winning the Welsh Cup.
(7) Many of the questions raised by currently available data about bleeding risk are being addressed in the ongoing Global Utilization of t-PA and Streptokinase (GUSTO) Trial.
(8) Segel threw himself into the movie with gusto, and merrily dances alongside his puppet pals in full-scale song-and-dance numbers.
(9) Responses of 109 male and 99 female university students to the EVS were found stable over a 2-week period and revealed five factors, identified as Gusto, Easy Necessity, Orderliness, Gourmet, and Social Approval.
(10) On menu at Queen's banquet for Xi Jinping: Balmoral venison and The Spy Who Loved Me Read more A double-page spread in the Beijing Youth Daily marvelled over the gusto with which China’s leader had been embraced and asked: “How does Buckingham Palace plan a bespoke visit for a foreign dignitary?” Another article explored the Communist party leader’s previous encounters with monarchs from countries including Spain and Cambodia.
(11) They included ITV's first, with Nescafe featuring its Dolce Gusto coffee machine on This Morning.
(12) The effect is barely visible to the human eye because dogs tend to wag their tails too fast, but it can be seen with slow motion video, or in some larger breeds that wag their tails with less gusto.
(13) Neither can I erase that as a young hack keen to prove his worth I threw myself into working at the Daily Star with gusto.
(14) The crowds sang Land of Hope and Glory with their usual gusto at Saturday's last night of the proms.
(15) He was behind in the service cycle, as well as the psychological war that had developed every so subtly, Murray prodding here and there, Kyrgios giving vent to his emotions with full-throated gusto.
(16) 'I started shopping with gusto in October and was finished by the end of the month' Joanna Lee, 43, an eyelash technician from Middlesex, buys for 30 people Well-organised Christmas shopper Joanna Lee.
(17) Rangers played with gusto and for a while looked the more likely winners but they wound up empty-handed.
(18) They have no predators, they are untouchable, they laugh at the law, they sneer at parliament, they have the power to hurt us and they do with gusto and precision."
(19) West Brom have now come from behind to earn points in their last three games – beating Arsenal and drawing at West Ham – and with the wind swirling wildly around and the Hawthorns crowd finally buying into “Tony Pulis’s blue and white army” with encouraging gusto, Spurs of yore might have wilted.
(20) The recent data, collectively, have set the stage for a new greater than 30,000 patient mortality reduction trial entitled Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO).