Hurriquake
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hurriquake is a noun meaning (neologism) An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.
Meaning
(neologism) An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.
Example Sentences
The year of the hurriquake?
"Like most of my peers, I did not expect a 'hurriquake' to start off the year," said senior Peter King of Lenexa, Kansas.
Push notifications began to warn Southern California residents of the risk of flash flooding just a few hours before alerts about the earthquake arrived. Memes began to circulate instantly, as well as a T-shirt that read: “I Survived Hurriquake Hilary.”
HURRIQUAKE 2011 ¶ The week of August 22, 2011 may go down in weather history as one of the strangest in the Washington, DC area : On Tuesday, August 23, our area was hit with a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. […] ¶ […] The following Saturday night, Hurricane Irene passed just east of the area.
Word Forms
- hurriquakes
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