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gust

UK/ɡʌst/ US/ɡʊst/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

a strong current of air

  • “the tree was bent almost double by the gust”
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Origin

Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush). The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

Phrases

  • gust decay time
  • gust formation time
  • gust front
  • gust lock

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