Tornado

Quick meaning: Tornado is a noun meaning (meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Meaning

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

More Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To sweep through something violently.

Example Sentences

They come every night, those cavernous trains, tornadoing the frozen house, a madness feeling for the door.

And so on Friday nights, James Torin tornadoed through six beers, a carton of cigarettes, a coffee table littered with lottery tickets, and unrequited dreams.

An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening. […] A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even higher.

Word Forms

• tornadoes
• tornados
• tornadoing
• tornadoed

Synonyms for tornado

Depending on context, synonyms include twister, whirlstorm.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twister, whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, typhoon, storm.

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