trashmover

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noun

A fairly heavy winter storm.

OriginEnglish mover ← Middle English moven ← Old Northern French mover →
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Meanings

nountrashmover (plural trashmovers)

plural trashmovers · alternative trash-mover

  1. CanadaUSslangclimatologyA fairly heavy winter storm.
  2. CanadaUSslangclimatologyA very heavy downpour of rain.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
toad-strangler

Origin

  1. Englishtrash
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*moweō
  5. Latinmovēre
  6. Old Northern Frenchmover
  7. Middle Englishmoven
  8. Englishmove
  9. Englishmover
  10. Englishtrashmover

From trash + mover, implying that such a storm will move or shift refuse on the street.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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