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blizzicane

blizzicane noun: a weather system that produces intense rain, wind, and snow.

Noun

blizzicane (plural blizzicanes)

  1. (informal) A weather system that produces intense rain, wind, and snow.
    • The "blizzicane" of '93 drenched Hampton Roads with monsoonlike rains Saturday morning, ripped the area with near-hurricane force wind in the early afternoon then began dropping some light snow after nightfall.1993 March 14, Steve Stone, “Wicked Winds Tear Up Hampton Roas”, in The Virginian-Pilot
    • A certain form of extra-tropical cyclone, the infamous Nor'easter, can even come to exhibit "blizzicane" features, including dramatic drops in central pressure and an eyelike structure.2007, Chris Mooney, Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming, Harcourt, published 2008, →ISBN, page 293

Forms of blizzicane

pluralblizzicanes

Origin of blizzicane

Blend of blizzard + hurricane.

Questions about blizzicane

What does blizzicane mean?
Blizzicane means a weather system that produces intense rain, wind, and snow.
What part of speech is blizzicane?
Blizzicane is a noun.
What is the plural of blizzicane?
The plural of blizzicane is blizzicanes.

Words near blizzicane in the dictionary

  1. blizzardous
  2. blizzards
  3. blizzardy
  4. blizzaster
  5. blizzasters
  6. blizzicane
  7. blizzicanes
  8. blk
  9. blk.
  10. blkd.
  11. blkds.

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