cloudbust

English

Etymology

From cloud +‎ bust.

Noun

cloudbust (plural cloudbusts)

1. (dialect) A cloudburst.
   • 1929 June, Boys' Life, page 72:

     A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek

   • 1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850:

     "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."

Related terms

• cloudbuster
• cloudbusting