TYPHOON

typhoon

(noun) a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

typhoon (plural typhoons)

A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

Verb

typhoon (third-person singular simple present typhoons, present participle typhooning, simple past and past participle typhooned)

(intransitive) To swirl like a hurricane.

Noun

Typhoon (plural Typhoons)

A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.

(historical) A Hawker Typhoon, a World War II fighter-bomber aircraft.

Synonym: Tiffy

Source: Wiktionary

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Ty*phoon", n. Etym: [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tufao, Ar. tufan a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n, tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. Typhus); or perhaps from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind.]

Definition: A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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