hurricaned

Verb

hurricane (third-person singular simple present hurricanes, present participle hurricaning, simple past and past participle hurricaned)

1. (ambitransitive) To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
   • Through the night it rained, hurricaned; sashes rattled; the chimney smoked; a lobby-door was ajar, and kept banging to and fro.1872 September, Matthew Stradling, “The Misadventures of Mr. Catlyne, Q.C.”, in Fraser's Magazine, page 375
2. To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
   • While thus employed, Mrs. Winthrop hurricaned into the room, and having received explanations, hurricaned forth again to tell her husband how dreadfully thoughtless his arrangement was, since Frank would have to take Miss Allenby into dinner.1911, Edward Frederic Benson, Account Rendered, page 24
3. To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
   • There were still spots on the mirror I had cleaned and tiny bits of newspaper were stuck in its edges where I had hurricaned through in my initial cleaning frenzy.2011, Geri Larkin, Stumbling Toward Enlightenment, page 81
4. To swirl quickly and violently.
   • A whole swirl of turnarounds hurricaned from him.2014, D.H. Melhem, Heroism in the New Black Poetry: Introductions and Interviews
5. To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
   • Urganda, hurricaned with violent perturbation of mind commences the fourth act; and, after a soliloquy, or rather incantation, raises a dæmon of revenge;1770, Francis Gentleman, The Dramatic Censor, page 429
6. To cause an uproar.
   • What do they therefore but quickly get themselves into a body, and fall forthwith to hurricaning in Mansoul, as if now nothing but whirlwind and tempest should be there.1678, John Bunyan, The pilgrim's progress

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