cloudbust

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noun

A cloudburst.

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Meanings

nouncloudbust (plural cloudbusts)

plural cloudbusts

  1. dialectalA cloudburst.

    A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek

    1929 June, Boys' Life, page 72
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    "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."

    1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cloudburst

Origin

From cloud + bust.

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APA

cloudbust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudbust

MLA

“cloudbust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudbust. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloudbust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudbust.

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