haboob

ha·boob

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huh-boob]
- /həˈbub/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huh-boob]
- /həˈbub/

Definitions of haboob word

noun haboob a thick dust storm or sandstorm that blows in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia or on the plains of India. 1
noun haboob A violent and oppressive wind blowing in summer, especially in Sudan, bringing sand from the desert. 1
noun haboob (in Africa and India) a storm of strong winds that whips up sand and dust from the desert 0
noun haboob a violent sandstorm, as in the Sudan or SW U.S. 0
noun haboob A violent sandstorm or dust storm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America. 0

See all 5 definitions of haboob

Information block about the term

Origin of haboob

First appearance:

before 1895

One of the 18% newest English words

First recorded in 1895-1900, haboob is from the Arabic word habūb a strong wind

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Haboob

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Haboob

haboob popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

haboob usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer