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hurriquake

hurriquake noun: an incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.

Noun

hurriquake (plural hurriquakes)

  1. (neologism) An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.
    • The year of the hurriquake?1999 September 30, Old Curmudgeon, “1999 year of the Quake? Or Hurricane?”, in alt.obituaries (Usenet)
    • HURRIQUAKE 2011 ¶ The week of August 22, 2011 may go down in weather history as one of the strangest in the Washington, DC area : On Tuesday, August 23, our area was hit with a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. […] ¶ […] The following Saturday night, Hurricane Irene passed just east of the area.2011 November 16, ARRL Web site, “The ARES E-Letter for November 16, 2011”, in rec.radio.info (Usenet)

Examples of hurriquake in a sentence

  • Memes began to circulate instantly, as well as a T-shirt that read: “I Survived Hurriquake Hilary.”2023 August 22, Laura J. Nelson, “What happened when a ‘hurriquake’ struck Ojai? Little damage, plenty of weird vibes”, in Los Angeles...
  • "Like most of my peers, I did not expect a 'hurriquake' to start off the year," said senior Peter King of Lenexa, Kansas.2023 August 24, Gina Christian, “'There's no knocking down God': Catholic college students weather 'hurriquake' with faith”, in Detroit...

Forms of hurriquake

pluralhurriquakes

Origin of hurriquake

Blend of hurricane + earthquake. First attested in 1999 as a nonce word.

Questions about hurriquake

What does hurriquake mean?
Hurriquake means an incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.
How do you use hurriquake in a sentence?
Memes began to circulate instantly, as well as a T-shirt that read: “I Survived Hurriquake Hilary.”
What part of speech is hurriquake?
Hurriquake is a noun.
What is the plural of hurriquake?
The plural of hurriquake is hurriquakes.

Words near hurriquake in the dictionary

  1. hurries
  2. hurries up
  3. hurries up and waits
  4. hurries up the cakes
  5. hurring
  6. hurriquake
  7. hurriquakes
  8. hurrisome
  9. Hurrite
  10. Hurrites
  11. Hurro-

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