Definitions
Violent rotating storm
Word origin
From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”).
Used in a sentence
“An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.”
“And so on Friday nights, James Torin tornadoed through six beers, a carton of cigarettes, a coffee table littered with lottery tickets, and unrequited dreams.”
“They come every night, those cavernous trains, tornadoing the frozen house, a madness feeling for the door.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“twister”7 letters
02“Violent rotating storm”7 letters
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