thunder-gust

A form of thundergust — A damaging wind, of the strength of a tornado, that has no rotational element.

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Meanings

nounthunder-gust (plural thunder-gusts)

plural thunder-gusts

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of thundergust

    Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree during a thunder-gust.

    1751, Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity
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