Usually means: Intense tropical cyclone with winds.
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We found 52 dictionaries that define the word hurricane:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. hurricane: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Hurricane, hurricane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hurricane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hurricane: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hurricane: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hurricane, hurricane: Wordnik
  7. hurricane: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Hurricane, hurricane: Wiktionary
  9. hurricane: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hurricane: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hurricane: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hurricane: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  14. Hurricane: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. hurricane: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. hurricane: Rhymezone
  17. Hurricane (m), hurricane: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. hurricane: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. HURRICANE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  20. hurricane: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. Hurricane: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. hurricane: Free Dictionary
  23. hurricane: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. hurricane: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. hurricane: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. hurricane: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. hurricane: Dictionary.com
  28. hurricane: Online Etymology Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hurricane: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. hurricane: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurricane: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hurricane: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hurricane: Medical dictionary
  4. Hurricane: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hurricane: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hurricane and Tropical Cyclone Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hurricane: Geography Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. The Hurricane: A Seattle Lexicon
  2. the hurricane: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hurricane: Dictionary of Candlemaking Terms
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  5. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  6. Hurricane: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
noun:  (meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm.
noun:  (figurative) A great forceful onrush.
noun:  (cocktails) A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice, and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, of the weather) To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
verb:  To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
verb:  To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
verb:  To swirl quickly and violently.
verb:  To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
verb:  To cause an uproar.
verb:  To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently.
verb:  To chase violently or rush after and force along.
noun:  (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "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
noun:  A locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Crooked Creek Township, Bollinger County, Missouri.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina.
noun:  A city in Washington County, Utah.
noun:  A city in Putnam County, West Virginia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin.
noun:  (historical) A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.

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