Usually means: Tornadoes that occur over water.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. waterspouts: Merriam-Webster
  2. waterspouts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. waterspouts: Vocabulary.com
  4. Waterspouts, waterspouts: Wordnik
  5. waterspouts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. waterspouts: Wiktionary
  7. Waterspouts, waterspouts: Dictionary.com
  8. Waterspouts: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Waterspouts: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Waterspouts: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Waterspouts: Easton Bible

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Definitions from Wiktionary (waterspout)

noun:  A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
noun:  A true tornado that passes over a body of water.
noun:  A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an impact or explosion.
noun:  A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.
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