(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.
Oust
Definition:
(n.) See Oast.
(v. t.) To take away; to remove.
(v. t.) To eject; to turn out.
Example Sentences:
(1) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
(2) Over the past year, under the rule of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi , security forces have ousted street sellers from the core of the city centre and prominent locations such as Ramses Square, home to Cairo’s main train terminal.
(3) They head a list of casualties at the top echelons of the financial industry including UBS's ousted chief executive Peter Wuffli and Bear Stearns's former chief operating officer Warren Spector.
(4) The top of the fence can also be manipulated in certain ways such as including curvature outward at the top of the fence to make scaling it much more difficult for most.” Some critics, including Washington DC congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, have warned against excessive fortification, but the report argues: “We recognise all the competing considerations that may go into questions regarding the fence, but believe that protection of the President and the White House must be the higher priority.” “Every additional second of response time provided by a fence that is more difficult to climb makes a material difference in ensuring the President’s safety and protecting the symbol that is the White House.” The panel also urges that a new head of secret service, to replace ousted head Julia Pierson, be brought in from outside the agency, ensuring it is better staffed and trained in future.
(5) The Hashd al-Shaabi, a conglomerate of primarily Shia militias that has played a key role in ousting Isis from cities such as Tikrit, appeared to take a backseat in the liberation of Ramadi, ceding the task primarily to the Iraqi elite counter-terrorism force, local police, the Iraqi army and a small group of Sunni tribesmen, backed by US-led airstrikes.
(6) Though no doubt he reviles Goldsmith’s racism, he doesn’t detest it quite enough to lend a hand to oust him.
(7) Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by the US-led coalition have launched attacks on Islamic State east of Mosul as the campaign to oust the militants stepped up with three offensives across Iraq and Syria.
(8) Ian Macfarlane signals frontbench ambition after defecting to Nationals Read more But the deputy leader of the Nationals, Barnaby Joyce, pushed back at the criticism, saying it was not unprecedented for people to move between the Coalition parties and noted it was not as significant as ousting a prime minister.
(9) Compaoré was 36 when he seized power in a coup in which Thomas Sankara, his former friend and one of Africa’s most revered leaders, was ousted and assassinated.
(10) Some MPs have been threatening to oust either the prime minister or the chancellor if poor poll ratings have not been reversed by next year.
(11) One of the two last strongholds of Gaddafi loyalists, the town of Bani Walid, has finally been contained, Libya's interim government has claimed, leaving only parts of the ousted tyrant's birthplace out of rebel reach.
(12) A headteacher the dossier claimed the plotters had ousted in fact left 20 years ago.
(13) • The original headline – 'Gun lobby campaign ousts Democrats in Colorado and Connecticut' – was amended on Wednesday September 11 2013.
(14) The jet engine maker, based mostly in Derby and Bristol, a nnounced the fresh job cuts on Tuesday as it ousted Mark Morris, its long-serving finance director .
(15) The campaign director, Dominic Cummings , who recently survived a reported effort to oust him, the chief executive, Matthew Elliott, and the company secretary, Victoria Woodcock, are also stepping down from the board.
(16) Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was ousted by the military in July 2013 after days of mass street protests by Egyptians demanding that he be removed because of his divisive policies.
(17) Islamists in Mali threatened Saturday to "open the doors of hell" for French citizens, in a statement following the adoption by the UN Security Council of a plan to oust al-Qaida linked militants from occupied territory.
(18) Unlike a similar tale across Stanley Park recently, when Kevin Mirallas ousted Leighton Baines and missed from the spot, Balotelli coolly sent Cenk Gonen the wrong way and Liverpool were reprieved.
(19) Moreover, the abrupt ousting of Jones, and the way the news was delivered, has struck seasoned Welsh observers as typical and unsatisfactory.
(20) It's been less than a month since Dov Charney was ousted as American Apparel's CEO after numerous accusations of sexual harassment, and now the company has rehired him as a paid "strategic consultant" – and will let him keep his huge salary .