yarnstorm

English

Etymology

Compound of yarn +‎ storm.

Verb

yarnstorm (third-person singular simple present yarnstorms, present participle yarnstorming, simple past and past participle yarnstormed)

1. (transitive) Synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”)
   • 2011 May 19, Malia Wollan, “Creating Graffiti With Yarn”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

     In London, Knit the City has "yarnstormed" fountains and fences. And in Melbourne, Australia, a woman known as Bali conjures up cozies for bike racks and bus stops.

Derived terms

• yarnstormer
• yarnstorming (noun)

 

Noun

yarnstorm (plural yarnstorms)

1. Synonym of yarn bomb (“a decorative knitted yarn item, placed on a public structure as a form of graffiti or street art”)