All chinook synonyms

noun chinook

• windstorm — a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.
• tornado — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
• hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
• squall — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
• cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
• wind — the act of winding.
• monsoon — the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
• gust — Archaic. flavor or taste.
• air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
• gale — Zona [zoh-nuh] /ˈzoʊ nə/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
• breeze — A breeze is a gentle wind.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
• typhoon — a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
• outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
• blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
• tempest — a comedy (1611) by Shakespeare.
• outburst — a sudden and violent release or outpouring: an outburst of tears.
• mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
• whisk — to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
• whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
• flutter — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
• breath — Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
• flurry — a light, brief shower of snow.
• draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
• puff — a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
• whirlwind — any of several relatively small masses of air rotating rapidly around a more or less vertical axis and advancing simultaneously over land or sea, as a dust devil, tornado, or waterspout.
• wafting — to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water: The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.
• draught — a drawing, sketch, or design.
• zephyr — a gentle, mild breeze.
• violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).