(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.
Outburst
Definition:
(n.) A bursting forth.
Example Sentences:
(1) On that occasion, she related how Manning had punched her during a violent outburst that led to him being demoted to the rank of private.
(2) As the emotional outbursts go up, the access to facts seems to go down," Autonomy said in a statement in response to HP's filing.
(3) The 48-year-old Dubliner has since played down that outburst as the youthful hyperbole of a pilot at Aer Lingus in the early 1980s.
(4) The defiant Philippine leader has responded to critics with a string of outbursts, including labelling the US ambassador to Manila a “gay son of a whore” , telling the Catholic church “don’t fuck with me” , and accusing the UN of issuing “shitting” statements about his anti-drugs policies.
(5) That was why his outburst was so surprising, especially given that Chelsea were about to deliver an attacking free-kick into the opposition box and Hazard is not generally known for his heading ability – or indeed his tracking-back skills.
(6) Spicer's "letter" went viral on the internet when it appeared a week after Gillard's outburst, gathering almost 7,000 likes, but few of her female colleagues were prepared to publicly endorse it.
(7) For the next 24 hours, media attention switched away from Labour’s clampdown on tax loopholes and towards Fallon’s outburst.
(8) Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent outburst about the grand mufti and the Holocaust would be ludicrous if it hadn’t been so utterly ill judged.
(9) The outburst came less than a month after the Conservative candidate came under fire for calling Livingstone a "fucking liar" in a lift after a row over their respective tax arrangements.
(10) After his meeting with De Villepin, Boubakeur launched a veiled attack on the minister's outbursts, in which he called the disaffected young men on estates 'louts'.
(11) In the News Corp report , Rafter said the rift with Tomic remained deep and possibly irreconcilable after his dumping from Australia’s Davis Cup team over his Wimbledon post-match outburst.
(12) The Australian Kyrgios dispatched Argentina’s Schwartzman 6-0, 6-2, 7-6 to progress to the second round but risked a fine for his on-court outburst.
(13) But the narrow question of what these outbursts do to his electoral prospects is secondary to the damage they are clearly doing to American political life.
(14) We have seen upsets and outbursts, sunshine and downpours, staggering exits and gaudy new arrivals.
(15) The targets of Karzai's often intemperate outbursts were equally frustrated, dubbing the president "feckless" and "unreliable", briefing that he was "paranoid" and possibly abusing prescription drugs.
(16) Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found on Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the US border, in the latest suspected outburst in an escalating war among drug gangs.
(17) Recently there was an outburst of purpura fulminans in Southern California and other parts of the country.
(18) Watson will try to strike a conciliatory tone but has been at loggerheads with the leadership during the election after an outburst about allegations of entryism into the party.
(19) This apparent and sudden outburst of prime ministerial concern with migrant literacy does not sit well with the fact that his government – ignoring warnings and pleas from activists and colleges – last year slashed funding for a £45m programme to help foreign language speakers learn English.
(20) Triassic-Jurassic, c 200 million years ago Three-quarters of species were lost, again most likely due to another huge outburst of volcanism.