gust

C2+ Topic:Aviation & Flight

US /ˈɡʌst/ UK /ˈɡʌst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a sudden strong rush of wind

A gust tore the umbrella from her hands.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a sudden strong rush of wind blast squall flurry puff rush blow draught

Opposites

calm stillness lull

Word family

Derived forms gusty gustilygustiness

Etymology

From Old Norse gustr ('a gust, blast'), related to gjósa ('to gush, burst forth'), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz.

gustr Old Norse *gustiz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Aviation & Flight General Vocabulary

External links

# gust

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡʌst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡʌst/

## Meanings
1. a sudden strong rush of wind

## Examples
- A gust tore the umbrella from her hands.

## Synonyms
- blast
- squall
- flurry
- puff
- rush
- blow
- draught

## Antonyms
- calm
- stillness
- lull

## Derived Forms
- gusty
- gustily
- gustiness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gustr
- Root: *gustiz

## Etymology
From Old Norse gustr ('a gust, blast'), related to gjósa ('to gush, burst forth'), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz.

## AI Etymology
gust comes from Old Norse gustr ('a gust, blast'), related to gjósa ('to gush, burst forth'), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz. The path is chiefly one of transmission: the word passes through the named languages and forms, with each stage preserving part of the modern shape. In present English, the noun sense is "a sudden strong rush of wind", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also remains productive in derivatives such as gusty, gustily, and gustiness. Its semantic neighborhood includes blast, squall, flurry, and puff, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old Norse gustr and Proto-Germanic *gustiz.

## Topics
- Aviation & Flight
- General Vocabulary

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