a tornado occurring over water that forms a column of water and mist extending between the surface and the clouds above
b.
a sudden downpour of heavy rain
2.
a pipe or channel through which water is discharged, esp one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof
waterspout in American English
(ˈwɔtərˌspaʊt)
noun
1.
a hole, pipe, or spout from which water runs
2.
a.
a whirling funnel-shaped or tubelike column of air full of spray occurring over water, usually in tropical areas, often comparable in intensity to a dust devil
b. Rare
a similar whirlwind of lesser intensity
Examples of 'waterspout' in a sentence
waterspout
Waves arose like rolling cliffs and heaving mountains; the writhing column of a waterspout flowed upwards into a connecting arm of cloud.
Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)
The river seemed to be whirling upwards into a waterspout, though there was no corresponding cloud-column thrusting down to meet it.
Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)
We've got a dead one under that brush pile over by that waterspout.