cloudbust en · NOUN
Etymology
From cloud + bust.
Meanings
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(dialectal) A cloudburst.
A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek
1929 June, Boys' Life, page 72:"Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."
1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloudbusts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |