typhoon

/T AY0 F UW1 N/
noun
  1. 1

    A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

verb
  1. 1

    To swirl like a hurricane.

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