cloudbust

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English

Etymology

From cloud +‎ bust.

Noun

cloudbust (plural cloudbusts)

  1. (dialect) A cloudburst.
    • 1929 June, Boys' Life, page 72:
      A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night [] swelled the creek
    • 1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850:
      "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."