Definition of "dust devil" [dust devil]

• A small whirlwind, usually of short duration, that swirls dust, debris, and sand to great heights. (noun)

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• "The birds spun like a blue-black dust devil before resettling out of sight."
• "He can brew a dust devil or a tornado or a hurricane, or make a drought or a ten-day downpour-but he can't fly or transmute wood into silver or light a fire magically."
• ""One proper dust devil and a few grains of sand and we can put our symmetrical implosion into a pisspot," Foote said."