A Quick and Simple Dictionary

hurricane

1. Proper noun.  A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.
2. Proper noun.  A town in West Virginia, United States, population 5,968 (2005 census estimate).
3. Proper noun.  A town in Utah, United States, population 9,748 (2004 Census estimate).
4. Noun.  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 75 miles per hour (120.7 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
5. Noun.  (meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm.
6. Noun.  (sport, aerial freestyle skiing) "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.