Crossword clues for hurricane
hurricane
- Upgrade from a tropical storm
- W.W. II British fighter plane
- It may bring down the house
- See 11-Down
- Great depression?
- A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
- Late-summer concern
- Weatherman's bad news
- Mostly quick boxing to preserve fighter
- What'll make air churn mid-ocean?
- Storm all but hurtled around prison
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurricane \Hur"ri*cane\, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.
Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd.
--Tennyson.
Each guilty thought to me is
A dreadful hurricane.
--Massinger.
Hurricane bird (Zo["o]l.), the frigate bird.
Hurricane deck. (Naut.) See under Deck.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, a partially deformed adoptation from Spanish huracan (Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, "Historia General y Natural de las Indias," 1547-9), furacan (in the works of Pedro Mártir De Anghiera, chaplain to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and historian of Spanish explorations), from an Arawakan (W. Indies) word. In Portuguese, it became furacão. For confusion of initial -f- and -h- in Spanish, see hacienda. The word is first in English in Richard Eden's "Decades of the New World":\nThese tempestes of the ayer (which the Grecians caule Tiphones ...) they caule furacanes.\n\nOED records 39 different spellings, mostly from the late 16c., including forcane, herrycano, harrycain, hurlecane. Modern form became frequent from 1650, established after 1688. Shakespeare uses hurricano ("King Lear," "Troilus and Cressida"), but in reference to waterspouts.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes. Etymology 2
n. (context sports aerial freestyle skiing English) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
WordNet
n. a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 3375
Land area (2000): 31.107653 sq. miles (80.568449 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.439743 sq. miles (1.138929 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 31.547396 sq. miles (81.707378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37170
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 37.174182 N, 113.326235 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84737
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hurricane
Housing Units (2000): 2258
Land area (2000): 2.958705 sq. miles (7.663011 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.019281 sq. miles (0.049937 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.977986 sq. miles (7.712948 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39532
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 38.432483 N, 82.019718 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 25526
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hurricane
Wikipedia
A hurricane is a rapidly rotating storm system.
Hurricane may also refer to:
"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy, about the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles alleged acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction.
Hurricane is a name used by many different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The characters are unrelated and include a western gunslinger, superheroes, and supervillains.
The hurricane is a sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, fruit juice, and syrup or grenadine. It is one of many popular drinks served in New Orleans.
The creation of this passion fruit–colored relative of a daiquiri is credited to New Orleans tavern owner Pat O'Brien. The bar allegedly started as a speakeasy called Mr. O'Brien's Club Tipperary and the password was "storm's brewin'."
In the 1940s, he needed to create a new drink to help him get rid of all of the less-popular rum that local distributors forced him to buy before he could get a few cases of more popular liquors such as scotch and other whiskeys. He poured the concoction into hurricane lamp–shaped glasses and gave it away to sailors.
The drink caught on, and it has been a mainstay in the French Quarter ever since. It is more commonly served in a disposable plastic cup, as New Orleans laws permit drinking in public and leaving a bar with a drink, but they prohibit public drinking from glass containers.
The hurricane cocktail is made differently on the islands of the Bahamas. The drink is composed of various measures of coffee liqueur, 151 rum, Irish cream, and Grand Marnier. It's commonly found in the downtown bars of Nassau.
Hurricane is heavy metal band formed in the 1980s, originally featuring current Foreigner lead vocalist Kelly Hansen (vocals/rhythm guitar), Robert Sarzo (guitar), Tony Cavazo (bass), and Jay Schellen (drums). Cavazo and Sarzo are the younger brothers of Quiet Riot's Carlos Cavazo and Rudy Sarzo.
Hurricane released four albums: Take What You Want (1985), Over the Edge (1988), Slave to the Thrill (1990), and Liquifury (2001). Over the Edge was their most successful album featuring their only top 40 hit (at 33), "I'm on to You" in 1988 (written by Jeff Jones).
"Hurricane" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in German by Westend.
The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Portugal's Armando Gama with " Esta balada que te dou" and preceding Belgium's Pas de Deux with " Rendez-vous". At the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 entries.
The song is an up-tempo number, in which the band sings about being without the object of their affections and likens this condition to being in a hurricane.
It was succeeded as Austrian representative in the 1984 contest by Anita singing " Einfach weg".
Category:Eurovision songs of Austria Category:Eurovision songs of 1983 Category:1983 songs
"Hurricane" is the 15th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi It is a cover of a song originally performed in 1981 by "Chanels" (later Rats & Star).
The Hurricane is an amusement ride first manufactured by the Allan Herschell Company. The Hurricane was first created in the 1940s, and was later built by Mulligan as the Saturn 6. The modern versions of the Hurricane were produced by a series of related companies, including Hrubetz, Man-Co, Killinski, and Dartron Industries. Hurricanes have been licensed for production in countries other than the United States, although the number of non-U.S. constructed rides is limited.
The Hurricane is nowadays almost exclusively a traveling ride; few if any examples are present in amusement parks as standing attractions. However, several parks have operated the ride in the past.
Hurricane is a 1979 romance and adventure film featuring Mia Farrow, Jason Robards and impressive special effects, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., and directed by Jan Troell. It is loosely based on the 1937 film of the same name.
"Hurricane" is a song by English indie rock band Athlete and is the second track on their 2007 album Beyond the Neighbourhood. The song was released as the first single from that album on 27 August 2007. "Hurricane" did not receive as much success as their previous singles "Wires" and "Half Light" only reaching number 31 in the UK Charts. (see 2007 in British music).
Hurricane is the tenth studio album by singer Grace Jones, released in 2008, and her first album of new material in nineteen years.
Hurricane is the third studio album by American R&B recording artist Eric Benét, released June 21, 2005, on Friday Records, with distributing by Reprise Records. It is the follow-up to his second album A Day in the Life (1999) and follows the shelving of his Better and Better project for Warner Bros. Records. Recorded at various recording studios, the album was written and produced by Benét with several other producers, including Walter Afanasieff, Michael Carney, Hod David, David Foster, George Nash, Jr., and Demonté Posey.
"Hurricane (Cradle to the Grave)" is a song recorded by Grace Jones in 1997.
"Hurricane" is a song written by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars that is featured on their third studio album, This Is War. The song was written by lead vocalist and songwriter Jared Leto and produced by Leto, Flood and Steve Lilywhite. There are two versions of this song, one which is included on the album and another which is a collaboration with rapper Kanye West, titled "Hurricane 2.0", which was released as the fourth single from the album in November 2010. This version only appears on the deluxe version. The latter has a variation in certain parts of the track. "Hurricane" was awarded Best Single at the Kerrang! Awards 2011. The thirteen-minute music video, directed by Leto under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins, garnered controversy when it first premiered on November 29, 2010, causing it to be banned by MTV due to containing sexual content. An edited version, however, was put on heavy rotation on MTV2.
"Hurricane" is an English-language Swedish hit debut single by the Swedish boy band duo Rebound! made up of Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz. The song was written by Svante Halldin, Jakob Hazell and Teddy Sky and was produced by Svante Halldin and Jakob Hazell.
The electro-pop song "Hurricane" was released on 12 April 2010 and reached the top of the Swedish Singles Chart on the chart dated 7 May 2010.
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position |-2
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"Hurricane" is a song co-written by Thom Schuyler, Keith Stegall and Stewart Harris. Levon Helm recorded it for his 1980 album American Son.
It was later recorded by American singer Leon Everette. It was released in July 1981 as the lead single from Everette's RCA Records album Hurricane. It is Everette's highest-charting single, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in September 1981.
"Hurricane" was the lead single released from The Click's second album, Game Related.
Produced by Studio Ton, the song became The Click's most successful single, peaking at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles. The song's title comes from the alcoholic drink of the same name.
"Hurricane" is a song by American actress, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and philanthropist Bridgit Mendler, from her debut studio album, Hello My Name Is... (2012). The song was released as a promotional single to the iTunes Store as Single of the Week on October 22, 2012, and was later announced to be the second single from the album. On February 12, 2013, the song was released to Top 40 radio.
The song received positive reviews from music critics, praising the song's reggae influence, and Mendler's vocals and rapping skills, which have been compared to Cher Lloyd, Lily Allen, and Karmin. It debuted and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
Hurricane is a 1944 oil painting by American artist John Marin, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. He used quick brushstrokes and thickly daubed paint to depict a turbulent ocean such as he experienced near his summer home in Maine.
Hurricane was the eighth studio album from contemporary Christian music singer Natalie Grant. It was the ninth album for her career, and it was released on October 15, 2013 by Curb Records. The album was produced by Bernie Herms. The album has achieved commercial charting successes as well as garnered critical acclaim from music critics.
Hurricane is the first single by the singer-songwriter Natalie Grant from her album Hurricane which was released on October 15, 2013.
Hurricane is a nickname for:
- Rubin Carter (1937–2014), American boxer wrongly convicted of murder
- Para Draine (born 1972), American female boxer
- Alex Higgins (1949–2010), snooker player from Northern Ireland
"Hurricane" is a 2015 song by American multi-platinum alternative rock band Lifehouse. It serves as the lead radio single off the band's upcoming album Out of the Wasteland. The song is the first radio single released by the band since " Between the Raindrops" in September 2012 and their subsequent hiatus. It is also the first radio single released by the band under the independent label Ironworks Music.
"Hurricane" is a song by American singer-songwriter Halsey. First appearing on her EP Room 93, the song was re-released on her debut studio album, Badlands (2015). The song was written by Halsey and Tim Anderson. "Hurricane" was released as a digital single on October 11, 2014.
Hurricane is a pinball machine released by Williams Electronics in August 1991. It was designed by Barry Oursler as the third game in Oursler's Rollercoaster/Carnival themed pinball trilogy. The first being Comet, released in 1985, and the second being Cyclone, released in 1988.
Hurricane is a 1929 American adventure film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Hobart Bosworth, Johnny Mack Brown and Leila Hyams.
"Hurricane" is a song by Lauren Bennett. The song was released on 2 May 2016.
Hurricane is the debut studio album by American Idol season 14 winner Nick Fradiani. It was released on August 5, 2016, through Big Machine Records.
Usage examples of "hurricane".
Such is the miserable and precarious state of an anemocracy, of a people who put their trust in hurricanes, and are governed by wind.
In Key West, the storm disabled the anemometers at the weather observation office, along with seven hundred feet of new concrete dock being installed by the War Department, and finished off the three-story concrete cigar factory of the Havana-American Company, severely damaged in the hurricane the year before.
As Bade and Runckel stood by helplessly, Hurricane Hannah methodically pounded Long Island Base to bits and pieces, then swept away the pieces.
Catelet Copse when the Boche suddenly started a short hurricane bombardment.
Van Dusen chuckled lowly as Bonhomme quickly secured the front door and lowered the steel hurricane shutters to protect the windows.
If there was a God more powerful than the sea, and only half as good as men are, he would pity my poor Rosa and me, and send a hurricane to drive those caitiffs back to the wretch they have abandoned.
Her hair looked like a hurricane, one glump going one way and one glump the other.
Even more miraculously, the table slab had missed us when it was blown back into the groggery by the hurricane and shattered into a dozen pieces.
Windemere would advance to position, look all about in dazed fashion, gather her skirts closely as if about to breast a hurricane, then with a long breath would shut her eyes tightly, and surge forward--when the gromet would either drop ignobly at her feet, or go madly flying off to right or left, perhaps hitting poor little Tegeloo on the nose.
The hurricane was in all its violence, it is true, but so clever and daring an engineer as Cyrus Harding knew perfectly well how to manage a balloon.
The wind continued to lash the sea into fury for the two following days, and the knave contrived to persuade the sailors who listened to him that the hurricane would not abate as long as I was on board.
Fred Hipple, the RAF would have had to go on fighting the Lizards with Hurricanes and Spitfires, not jets.
Bay of Funchal--there was not so much as a powder-boy but could understand every word that I said, whereas on shore there is many a great jolterhead, like thyself, who might be a Portugee for all the English that he knows, and who stares at me like a pig in a hurricane if I do lint ask him what he makes the reckoning, or how many bells have gone.
The calm be fore the hurricane came swirling out of the Gulf, Lind sey decided.
It is as if he fears the brutal revelation of his loss and loneliness, the furious, irremediable confusion of his huge unrest, his desperate and unceasing flight from the immense and timeless skies that bend above him, the huge, doorless and unmeasured vacancies of distance, on which he lives, on which, as helpless as a leaf upon a hurricane, he is driven on for ever, and on which he cannot pause, which he cannot fence, wall, conquer, make his own.