Dictionary Definition
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English
Pronunciation
- /gʌst/
- Rhymes: -ʌst
Etymology 1
Apparently from Old Norse gustr, though not recorded before Shakespeare.Translations
Any rush or outburst
- Finnish: ryöppy
Verb
- To blow in gusts.
Translations
To blow in gusts
- Finnish: tuulla puuskittaisesti
Etymology 2
From gustus ‘taste’.Noun
- The physiological faculty of taste.
- Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
- 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
Catalan
Etymology
Latin gustusNoun
gustCroatian
Adjective
gustRomanian
Etymology
Latin gustusNoun
gustExtensive Definition
Gust may be:
- Gust, short blast of wind
- Gust Corporation, Japanese, game software
GUST:
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
access,
affection, aftertaste, alacrity, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aroma, attribute, avidity, avidness, badge, bitter, blast, blaze, blow, brand, breathless impatience,
breeze, burst, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, cheerful
readiness, configuration, convulsion, crush, cut, cyclone, differentia, differential, distinctive
feature, eagerness,
earmark, elan, eruption, explosion, feature, figure, fit, flare-up, flavor, flaw, flurry, fondness, forwardness, gale, gusto, hallmark, hurricane, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impatience, impress, impression, increase, index, individualism, infatuation, irruption, keen desire,
keenness, keynote, life, likes, liking, lineaments, liveliness, love, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, nature, odor, outbreak, outburst, palate, paroxysm, particularity, passion, peculiarity, promptness, property, puff, quality, quickness, quirk, readiness, relish, sally, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, scud, seal, seizure, shape, singularity, smack, sour, spasm, specialty, spirit, stamp, stomach, storm, surge, sweet, taint, tang, taste, tempest, token, tongue, tooth, tornado, trait, trick, upheaval, verve, vitality, vivacity, weakness, whirlwind, wind, wind gust, zest, zestfulness