windblast

wind·blast

noun \-ˌblast\

Definition of WINDBLAST

1

: a gust of wind

2

: the destructive effect of air friction on a pilot ejected from a high-speed airplane

Examples of WINDBLAST

1. <a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up>

First Known Use of WINDBLAST

1582

Related to WINDBLAST

Synonyms: blast, blow, flurry, scud, williwaw, gust

Related Words: breeze, zephyr; current, draft; air, breath, waft; puff, whiff; bluster, gale, hurricane, squall, tempest, tornado, windstorm; northeaster, norther, northerly, northwester, southeaster, southwester, westerly

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Rhymes with WINDBLAST

aghast, at last, avast, bedfast, Belfast, bombast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, fantast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcast, outcaste, precast, recast, repast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast