Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurriquake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hur-ri-quake
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.

Example Sentences

"The year of the hurriquake?"
"HURRIQUAKE 2011 ¶ The week of August 22, 2011 may go down in weather history as one of the strangest in the Washington, DC area : On Tuesday, August 23, our area was hit with a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. […] ¶ […] The following Saturday night, Hurricane Irene passed just east of the area."
"Push notifications began to warn Southern California residents of the risk of flash flooding just a few hours before alerts about the earthquake arrived. Memes began to circulate instantly, as well as a T-shirt that read: “I Survived Hurriquake Hilary.”"
""Like most of my peers, I did not expect a 'hurriquake' to start off the year," said senior Peter King of Lenexa, Kansas."

Etymology

Blend of hurricane + earthquake. First attested in 1999 as a nonce word.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1999

Inflected Forms

hurriquakes (plural)

Questions

What does hurriquake mean?: An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.
Where does hurriquake come from?: First known use: First attested in 1999.

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