gust
/ɡʌst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.10 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The maximum sustained winds recorded at Waglan Island, Tate’s Cairn and Cheung Chau Beach were 113, 101 and 97 kmh (70, 62, 60 mph) respectively, with maximum gusts 135, 154 and 130 kmh (84, 96, 81 mph)"
- "they are merely driven about by every sudden gust and impulse of the mind"
- "The author is not speaking now of actual love-makings, of intrigues and devilish villany, either perpetrated or imagined; but rather of those passing gusts of short-lived and unfounded suspicion to which, as to other accidents, very well-regulated families may occasionally be liable."
- "Do the dryers disperse bacteria and viruses through the restroom, like autumn breezes gusting leaves across a lawn?"
- ", "The Spirit of Grace" An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite."
- "Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust."
Etymology
Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush). The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.