gusts

noun

plural of gust
1
as in blows
a sudden brief rush of wind a gust tore her umbrella from her grip and blew it down the street

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2
as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling the stressed-out coworker cried out with a gust of emotion that we had never witnessed before

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Recent Examples of gusts Wind gusts of 60 to 67 mph were reported in the county with the storm on Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Tropical storm-force wind gusts capable of causing spotty power outages are also possible along the coast from the potential storm’s most intense bands of rain. — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 Winds are expected to be south winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the Scott Valley, and 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the Shasta Valley. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Additional strong thunderstorms are possible in parts of the region, producing strong wind gusts, frequent lightning and blowing dust. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 The region was under a thunderstorm alert at the time of the tornado, with wind gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour recorded at a nearby meteorological station. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Firefighters on the second floor were met by a sudden burst of heat and flames, fueled by wind gusts of up to 25 miles per hour, the release states. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 Storm hazards include sudden wind gusts, frequent lightning and heavy rain. — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Winds will hover around 15 to 25 mph, with gusts reaching 35 mph at times. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gusts
  1. blows
  2. explosions
  3. breezes
  4. bursts
  5. tornadoes
  6. outbursts
  7. flurries
  8. eruptions
Noun
  • The impact of yesterday’s sharp drop in South Korean equities transmitted further into US markets overnight, spreading selling sentiment and dealing heavy blows to US semiconductor and memory stocks.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Guevera also reportedly came to blows with Eddie Kingston in 2022, leading to Kingston’s suspension.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • The explosions provide different interruptions, punctuating the moment as one of Keeley’s ideas plays out in real time.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Over the course of its five-year mission, the Roman telescope will capture images of the Milky Way, survey the entire sky and observe supernova explosions that occurred as far as 8 billion years ago.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of explosions
Noun
  • Hit the Rooftop at The Stray Dog Head straight for the rooftop at The Stray Dog, a long‑running New Buffalo favorite for American comfort food, cold brews, and lake breezes.
    — Amy Bizzarri, Midwest Living, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Once glass was more widely produced in the 19th century thanks to industrialization, architects began placing windows at either end of rooms to allow for cooling cross breezes.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of breezes
Noun
  • The former is meant to image extremely wide sections of the cosmos to capture tons of fleeting phenomena that are hard to catch — things like supernovas, fast radio bursts and maybe even colliding neutron stars.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • At night, the lighting turns the wings into a moving field of color while bursts of fire give the dragon the kind of oversized entrance Burning Man was made for.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of bursts
Noun
  • Here’s look back at the most intense tornadoes that have impact Chicago and the state.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The storms have lost some of their punch near midnight, dropping the risk of damaging wind gusts, isolated hail and tornadoes.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of tornadoes
Noun
  • The 36-year-old Hubble also is dropping in orbit because of the sun’s recent outbursts.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • He was accused of two other antisemitic outbursts and was eventually convicted in France on hate-speech charges.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of outbursts
Noun
  • Our arrival in the Madawaska River country of eastern Ontario, near Combermere, was noteworthy only for the snow flurries and marrow-chilling gales that howled down from Hudson Bay to greet us.
    — HARRY H. EDEL, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The past 14 years have included some flurries of diplomatic contact between Iran and the West.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of flurries
Noun
  • Mann said that the study doesn't have a complete record of corals over the past 1,000 years, and also that his research has shown that volcanic eruptions have played more of a role than climate change in past El Niño events.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Sonic booms, volcanic eruptions and meteor airbursts can produce similar atmospheric shock waves, potentially creating other natural seismic sources.
    — Nolan Roth, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of eruptions

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