"cloudbust" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cloudbusts [plural]
Etymology: From cloud + bust. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cloud|bust}} cloud + bust Head templates: {{en-noun}} cloudbust (plural cloudbusts)
  1. (dialect) A cloudburst. Tags: dialectal Related terms: cloudbuster, cloudbusting
    Sense id: en-cloudbust-en-noun-kx9R4bDO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1929 June, Boys' Life, page 72:",
          "text": "A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850:",
          "text": "\"Setting up for a cloudbust,\" Hickory said. \"She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway.\"",
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