typhoon
(noun) a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
typhoon (third-person singular simple present typhoons, present participle typhooning, simple past and past participle typhooned)
(intransitive) To swirl like a hurricane.
Typhoon (plural Typhoons)
A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
(historical) A Hawker Typhoon, a World War II fighter-bomber aircraft.
Synonym: Tiffy
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldÃa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolÃvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
