"waterspout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waterspouts [plural]
Etymology: From water + spout. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|spout}} water + spout Head templates: {{en-noun}} waterspout (plural waterspouts)
  1. A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado). Categories (topical): Weather, Wind
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  2. A true tornado that passes over a body of water. Translations (tornado that occurs over a body of water): πρηστήρ (prēstḗr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), تِنِّين (tinnīn) [masculine] (Arabic), воден смерч (voden smerč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mànega [feminine] (Catalan), 水龍捲 /水龙卷 (shuǐlóngjuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 海龍捲風 /海龙卷风 (Chinese Mandarin), waterhoos [feminine] (Dutch), trombo (Esperanto), vesipüks (Estonian), pilvesammas (Estonian), trombe [feminine] (French), Wasserhose [feminine] (German), υδροστρόβιλος (ydrostróvilos) [masculine] (Greek), trombo (Ido), cuaifeach uisce [masculine] (Irish), skypumpe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skypumpe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), طولومبه (tulumba) (Ottoman Turkish), elipip en pihl (Pohnpeian), tromba-d'água [feminine] (Portuguese), trombă [feminine] (Romanian), tifón [masculine] (Spanish), tromba (Spanish), นาคเล่นน้ำ (nâak-lên-náam) (Thai)
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  3. A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an impact or explosion.
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  4. A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof. Translations (channel through which water is discharged): водосток (vodostok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), waterspuwer [masculine] (Dutch), Wasserspeier [masculine] (German), 雨樋 (amadoi) (alt: あまどい) (Japanese), columna [feminine] (Latin), ماسوره (masura, masra) (Ottoman Turkish), wodotrysk [masculine] (Polish), calha [feminine] (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: whirlwind Derived forms: tornadic waterspout Related terms: landspout, fire whirl, gargoyle Coordinate_terms: dust devil

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}
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          "text": "Basically, the problem was actually the British had too many ships! The Grand Fleet wasn't half bad with its gunnery, but there was so many battleships throwing fire at the battlecruisers and battleships of the High Seas Fleet that it was actually very difficult to tell \"Is that splash from us? Is that splash from that ship? Is that splash from a ship in another division? We don't know!\", so a lot of incorrect estimates and measures were taken, which lead to an awful lot of waterspouts going up, but not anywhere near the number of hits that you would otherwise expect[…]",
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      "word": "تِنِّين"
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      "roman": "shuǐlóngjuǎn",
      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "word": "trombe"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "word": "Wasserhose"
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
      "word": "طولومبه"
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      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
      "word": "elipip en pihl"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tromba-d'água"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "trombă"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "tifón"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
      "word": "tromba"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nâak-lên-náam",
      "sense": "tornado that occurs over a body of water",
      "word": "นาคเล่นน้ำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vodostok",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "водосток"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "waterspuwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserspeier"
    },
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      "alt": "あまどい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amadoi",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "word": "雨樋"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "columna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "masura, masra",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "word": "ماسوره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wodotrysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "channel through which water is discharged",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calha"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "waterspout"
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  "word": "waterspout"
}

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