"dust devil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dʌst ˈdɛvəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dust devil.wav [US] Forms: dust devils [plural]
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  1. A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground. Wikipedia link: dust devil Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: sand pillar, willy willy [Australia], dustdevil, dust-devil Related terms: devil, fire devil, steam devil, cyclone, hurricane, tornado Translations (a swirling dust in the air): remolí de sorra (Catalan), dimoniet (Catalan), follet [masculine] (Catalan), 塵暴 (Chinese Mandarin), 尘暴 (chénbào) (Chinese Mandarin), støvhvirvel [common-gender] (Danish), stofhoos [feminine] (Dutch), stofduivel [masculine] (Dutch), pölypyörre (Finnish), tourbillon de poussière [masculine] (French), remuíño [masculine] (Galician), Kleintrombe [feminine] (German), Staubteufel [masculine] (German), ανεμοστρόβιλος (anemostróvilos) [masculine] (Greek), σκονοδιάβολος (skonodiávolos) [masculine] (Greek), porördög (Hungarian), 塵旋風 (jinsenpū) (alt: じんせんぷう) (Japanese), ダストデビル (dasuto debiru) (Japanese), 회오리바람 (hoe'oribaram) (Korean), vertigo [feminine] (Latin), vortex [masculine] (Latin), náátsʼǫ́ʼoołdísii (Navajo), støvvirvel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Wintkjriesel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), trąba pyłowa [feminine] (Polish), redemoinho [masculine] (Portuguese), pé-de-vento [masculine] (Portuguese), пылево́й вихрь (pylevój vixrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), пы́льный вихрь (pýlʹnyj vixrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), песча́ный вихрь (pesčányj vixrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), torbellino de polvo [masculine] (Spanish), remolino de polvo [masculine] (Spanish), tolvanera [feminine] (Spanish), kimbunga (Swahili)
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      "word": "støvhvirvel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stofhoos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stofduivel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "pölypyörre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tourbillon de poussière"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "remuíño"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kleintrombe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Staubteufel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anemostróvilos",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανεμοστρόβιλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skonodiávolos",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκονοδιάβολος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "porördög"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じんせんぷう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jinsenpū",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "塵旋風"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dasuto debiru",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "ダストデビル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hoe'oribaram",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "회오리바람"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vertigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vortex"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "náátsʼǫ́ʼoołdísii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "støvvirvel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wintkjriesel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trąba pyłowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "redemoinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pé-de-vento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pylevój vixrʹ",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пылево́й вихрь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pýlʹnyj vixrʹ",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пы́льный вихрь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pesčányj vixrʹ",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "песча́ный вихрь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torbellino de polvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "remolino de polvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tolvanera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
      "word": "kimbunga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dust devil"
}

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