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cloudbust

cloudbust noun: a cloudburst.

Noun

cloudbust (plural cloudbusts)

  1. (dialectal) A cloudburst.
    • A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek1929 June, Boys' Life, page 72
    • "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850

Forms of cloudbust

pluralcloudbusts

Origin of cloudbust

From cloud + bust.

Questions about cloudbust

What does cloudbust mean?
Cloudbust means a cloudburst.
What part of speech is cloudbust?
Cloudbust is a noun.
What is the plural of cloudbust?
The plural of cloudbust is cloudbusts.

Words near cloudbust in the dictionary

  1. cloudberries
  2. cloudberry
  3. cloudborne
  4. cloudburst
  5. cloudbursts
  6. cloudbust
  7. cloudbuster
  8. cloudbusters
  9. cloudbusting
  10. cloudbusts
  11. cloudcapt

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