DictionaryAI

cyclone

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

  1. Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
  2. A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.
  3. The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
  4. A strong wind.
  5. A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator

Verb

  1. To separate using a cyclone separator.
  2. To storm as a cyclone.
  3. To whirl in spirals as a result of a cyclone or whirlwind-like force.
  4. To storm wildly; to be in a frenzy.

We haven’t written up cyclone yet: Simple and Standard meanings, examples and a quiz.