different between hurricane vs landfall

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?r??-k?n, IPA^(key): /?h???k?n/
• (US) enPR: h?r??-k?n', hûr??-k?n', IPA^(key): /?h????ke?n/, /?h???ke?n/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurak?.

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. 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.
2. (meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm

Coordinate terms

• (type of a cyclone): cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon
• (meteorology): breeze, gale, storm

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• anticyclone
• wind

Etymology 2

Coined by Jeret Peterson.

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. (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

See also

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretch

Anagrams

• raunchier

English

Etymology

land +? fall

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lænd.f??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lænd.f?l/, /?lænd.f?l/

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

1. Arrival at the shore by ship.

   We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!

   Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.

2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
3. (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
4. A landslip.

Derived terms

• make landfall

Translations