hurricane

verb8

1. •
   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
2. •
   To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.

   • They must have told him I was ready for visitors; he hurricaned into the room, slung a chair away from the wall and banged it down next to the bed. — 2014
3. •
   To chase violently or rush after and force along.

   • As he hurricaned toward her, she turned and ran to the drop-off place. — 1918
4. •
   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
5. •
   To swirl quickly and violently.

   • A whole swirl of turnarounds hurricaned from him. — 2014
6. •
   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 daemon of revenge — 1770
7. •
   To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently.

   • He rang for the cook, and stormed and hurricaned and cycloned at her until the rain-clouds burst, and she wept. — 1898
8. •
   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

noun5

1. •
   A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.

   • Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane coastal residents braced for.
2. •
   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.

   • Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
3. •
   (figurative) A great forceful onrush.

   • [A]fter all those Hurricans of Fury and Violence are novv blovvn over, vve enjoy a serene Air, and the happy quiet vvhich vve had so much long'd for. — 1687
4. •
   A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
5. •
   "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

noun1

1. •
   (historical) A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.