Usually means: Sudden, brief increase in wind.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. gust: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gust: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gust, gust: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gust: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gust: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gust, gust: Wordnik
  7. gust: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Gust, gust: Wiktionary
  9. gust: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gust: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gust: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Gust, gust: Dictionary.com
  13. gust: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gust: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. GUST, Gust (wind), Gust: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Gust: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. gust: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. gust: Rhymezone
  19. gust: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. gust: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. gust: Free Dictionary
  22. gust: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. gust: Mnemonic Dictionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. gust-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GUST: Investopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gust: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
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  3. GUST: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gust: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gust: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See gusted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
noun:  (by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
verb:  (intransitive, transitive) To blow in gusts.
noun:  (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
noun:  Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
noun:  Intellectual taste; fancy.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.
noun:  A surname.

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